Data Sources

Nutriely aims to provide the most complete tool to manage your nutrition. Unfortunately, at this time there is no single credible source that has all of the necessary data. Some sources have excellent nutritional profiles however very small databases. Some have huge amounts of foods but with very limited nutritional profiles.

The problem is that for most foods the data simply does not exist. It does not exist because it is expensive to analyse everything, and there are no laws that would enforce any structured nutritional profiles for all foods in the market.

Therefore our team is using multiple sources and performing extensive data processing to ensure high quality of data.

Here are the top 3 sources of our data.

Fineli

Fineli is a database maintained by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare. The database consists of approximately 4000 foods which have been rigorously reviewed by our team. The strength of this database is its focus on base foods and quality of the micro nutrient data. The data is frequently updated and up to date.

USDA FoodData Central

FoodData Central is a project launched by USDA. It is an integrated, research-focused data system that provides expanded data on nutrients and other foods components. As mentioned in their FAQ the nutritional values in FoodData Central are derived through chemical analyses, computations and other approaches. Unfortunately, only a few hundred of the thousands of foods have been chemically analysed. Instead most of the foods are using the other approaches like surveys and manufacturer submissions where the data quality drops significantly. Nevertheless this is the biggest database in the market and some of the information can not be found anywhere else.

Nutriely Data Algorithm

Given the gaps in currently available nutritional data, Nutriely is dedicated to enhancing access to advanced nutritional profiles. To achieve this, our team has developed a proprietary machine learning algorithm designed to estimate and enrich nutritional data for products with limited profiles.

The algorithm is exclusive to Nutriely and is not open-source. However, we welcome collaboration with institutions interested in exploring its potential applications. A demonstration of its capabilities can be seen in our Recipe Engineer tool, which provides insights into how nutritional estimates can be derived for recipes based on their ingredients. This approach ensures accurate and reasonable estimations of nutrients such as vitamins and minerals.

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