NOTE:  This release of the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference has been superseded.  The current release is SR22.  Access to Release 19 of the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference is provided here for those users who may wish to use it for historical reasons.

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Documentation for the database is available either in the main SR19 directory as a PDF file or in the download files listed here. The documentation is given as a PDF file. PDF files can be read using the Acrobat reader which is available free. To install a PDF viewer in your web browser read, "Steps to Downloading the Free Acrobat Reader"

Full version:

• ASCII (5,576Kb) - This file contains the SR19 data in ASCII, delimited files. These tables are organized in a relational format, and are best used with a relational database management system (RDBMS), which will allow you  to form your own queries of the database and generate custom reports.

• ACCESS (10,254 Kb) - This file contains the SR19 data imported into a Micrsoft Access database.  It includes relationships between files and a few sample queries and reports.  You need Micrsoft Access 2000 or later to use this file. 

Abbreviated - This file contains data for all food items, but not all nutrient values--individual fatty acids, amino acids, alcohol, caffeine, theobromine, phytosterols, starch, individual sugars and vitamin D are not included.

• ASCII (727Kb) - delimited file suitable for importing into many programs.

• Excel (3,082Kb) - for use with Micrsoft Excel, but can also be used by many other spreadsheet programs.

Update Files -  Contains updates for those users who have loaded Release 18 into their own computers and wish to do their own updates.

• ASCII (549Kb) - delimited file suitable for import into many programs