Food Composition Tables - Asia

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ASEAN
ASEAN Food Composition Tables 2000
P Puwastien, B Burlingame, M Raroengwichit, P Sungpuag
Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand.
2000* 157 pp (English)

Contact: Prapasri Puwastien, ASEANFOODS Technical Coordinator, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand
Tel: Fax: E-mail: nuppw@mahidol.ac.th

Asia, East
Food Composition Table for Use in East Asia
WT Wu Leung, RR Butrum, FH Chang, MN Rao, W Polacchi
FAO, Rome, Italy, and US Dept Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC, USA
1972* 334 pp (English)
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Bangladesh
Analysis of Some Food Stuffs of Bangladesh, Table I
K Ahmad, MA Malek
Pak J Biol Agr Sc, Vol 9, No 1, 1966
1966* (English)

Burma
The Nutritive Value of Burmese Foods
The Nutrition Project
Directorate of Health Services, 36, Theinbyu St, Rangoon
1967* 41 pp (English)

China
1982 Table of Food Composition
Department of Nutrition
The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing
1982* 264 pp (Chinese)

Iodine Contents of Eighty-five Kinds of Food in Shanghai District
Zhang Weihong, He Qianguong, Wu Qile
Acta Nutrimenta Sinica 18,4:492-494
Shanghai Hygiene and Antiepidemic Centre, Shanghai 200335
1996* (Chinese & English)

China Food Composition 2002
Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety
China CDC, Beijing
2002* 393 pp (Chinese & English)

Contact:
Email: mailto:nutri@163.com

India
Nutritive Value of Indian Foods
C Gopalan, BV Rama Sastri, SC Balasubramanian
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad
1971, Reprinted 1984* 204 pp (English)

Balanced Diets and Nutritive Value of Common Recipes.
M Swaminathan, K Joseph, M Narayana Rao, SV Chandiramani, L Subramanyam, K Indira.
Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore.
1981*, 117 pp. (English)

Effect of Processing on the Carotene Content of Vegetables and Fruits.
S Seshadri, K Sharma, F Saiyed.
WHO Collaborating Centre in Weaning Technology and Anemia Control.
Dept. of Foods and Nutrition, Faculty of Home Science, M.S. University of Baroda, India.
1992*, 16 pp. (English)

Grain Quality and Biochemistry: Chickpea and Pigeonpea Protein Composition.
(Progress Report 1, "This is not a formal publication of the institute and should not be cited.")
Umaid Singh, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics,
ICRISATPatancheru P.O., Andhra Pradesh 502 324, India.
1982*, 74 pp. (English)

Grain Quality and Biochemistry: Chickpea and Pigeonpea Amino Acid Composition.
(Progress Report 2, "This is not a formal publication of the institute and should not be cited.")
Umaid Singh, International Crops and Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics,
ICRISAT Patancheru P.O., Andhra Pradesh 502 324, India.
1982*, 102 pp. (English)

Grain Quality and Biochemistry: Chickpea and Pigeonpea Antinutritional Factors.
(Progress Report 3, "This is not a formal publication of the institute and should not be cited.")
Umaid Singh, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics,
ICRISAT Patancheru P.O., Andhra Pradesh 502 324, India.
1982*, 73 pp. (English)

Nutritive Value of Indian Foods.
C Gopalan, BV Rama Sastri, SC Balasubramanian.
National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad; Indian Council of Medical REsearch, New
Delhi.
Reprinted 1982*, 204 pp. (English)

Indonesia
Amino Acid Composition of Various Indonesian Foods
DS Slamet, S Purawisastra
Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Gizi, Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan
Kesehatan, Departamen Kesehatan, Bogor
1979* 22 pp (Indonesian)

Observations of Food in Various Districts in Indonesia That Have Not Been Included in Food Composition Tables
DS Slamet, M Komariah, Komari
Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Gizi, Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan
Kesehatan, Departemen Kesehatan, Komplek Gizi Jalan Semboja, Bogor
1980* 26 pp (Indonesian)

Nutrient Content of Indonesian Food
DS Slamet, I Tarwotjo
Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Gizi
1980* 36 pp (Indonesian)

Food Composition Table
Direktorat Gizi Departemen Kesehatan
Penerbit Bhratara Karya Aksara, Jakarta
1981* 57 pp (Indonesian)

Daftar Komposisi Zat Gizi Pangan Indonesia
Departemen Kesehatan Republik Indonesia
1995* 75pp (Indonesian)

Food Composition Table (Daftar Komposisi Bahan Makanan).
Direktorat Gizi Departemen Kesehatan R.I.
Penerbit Bhratara Djakarta.
1967*, 57 pp. (Indonesian, Latin alphabet)

Komposisi Zat Gizi Makanan Indonesia. [food composition tables].
DS Slamet, I Tarwotjo.
Penelitian Gizi dan Makanan, jilid 4, 1980, pp. 21-36.
1980*, reprint, 16 pp. (Indonesian, Latin alphabet)

NOTE: This could be (?) the same as 1988 Directory listing: Nutrient Content of Indonesian Food, same authors, 1980.

Japan
Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan
Subdivision on Resources, The Council for Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan
Fifth Revised and Enlarged 2005, 508pp (Japanese with English)
Order from National Printing Bureau or Click here for web access

Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan: Fatty Acids Section
Subdivision on Resources, The Council for Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan
Fifth Revised and Enlarged 2005, 321pp (Japanese with English)
Order from National Printing Bureau

Analytical Manual for Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan
Reference Materials for the Subdivision on Resources, The Council for Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan
Revised and Enlarged Edition 2004, 176pp (Japanese)
Order from National Printing Bureau

Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan
Resources Council, Science and Technology Agency
5th ed 1986* 385 pp (Japanese)

Commercial Food Constituent Tables
Y Kagawa, editor
Women's Nutrition College Publishing Department, Tokyo
1986* 477 pp (Japanese)

The Amino Acid Composition of Foods in Japan
Resources Council, Science and Technology Agency
Printing Bureau, Ministry of Finance
Revised 1986* 182 pp (Japanese)

The Amino Acid Composition of Foods in Japan: 1966.
Resources Bureau, Science and Technology Agency, Japan.
1966*, 71 pp. (Japanese with English)

Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan.
Resources Council, Science and Technology Agency, Japan.
1982*, Fourth revised edition, 707 pp., 2 copies. (Japanese with English)

Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan.
Resources Council, Science and Technology Agency, Japan.
1992*, 69 pp. (Japanese with English)

Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan: Fatty Acids, Cholesterol and Vitamin E.
(Tocopherols): 1989.
Resources Council, Science and Technology Agency, Japan.
1989*, 208 pp. (Japanese with English)

Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan: Minerals (Magnesium, Zinc, and Copper): 1991.
Resources Council, Science and Technology Agency, Japan.
1991*, 107 pp. (Japanese with English)

Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan: Vitamin D: 1993.
Resources Council, Science and Technology Agency, Japan.
1993*, 55 pp. (Japanese with English)

ISBN4-7895-0603-7 C2077, 195 pp.
photos of prepared foods and dishes, with calories and two other components in grams.

2077-10088-3250 (ref?), 177 pp.
photos of raw and prepared foods, with info in grams and vits A (IU) & C (mg).

ISBN4-7895-0201-5 C2077, 144 pp.
photos of raw and commercial foods with salt, calories, and two other components in grams.

Korea
Food Composition Table
National Rural Living Science Institute
Rural Development Administration, Suwon
2nd ed 1981*, 149 pp (Korean with English)

Food Composition Table
National Rural Living Science Institute
Rural Development Administration, Suwon
3rd ed 1986* 175 pp (Korean with English)

Food Composition Table
National Rural Living Science Institute
Rural Development Administration, Suwon
4th ed 1991* (Korean with English)

Food Composition Table
National Rural Living Science Institute
Rural Development Administration, Suwon
5th ed 1996* (Korean with English)

Food Composition Table
National Rural Living Science Institute
Rural Development Administration, Suwon
6th ed I & II 2001* I(439 pp) & II(545 pp) (Korean with English)

Malaysia
Nutrient Composition of Malaysian Foods - A Preliminary Table.
Tee E Siong
Division of Human Nutrition, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur.
1982, 73pp (English)

Nutrient Composition of Malaysian Foods - A Preliminary Table.
Tee E Siong
Division of Human Nutrition, Institute for Medical Research
ASEAN Protein Project, National Sub-committee Malasia, Kuala Lumpur.
Revised 1985* 69 pp (English)

Nutrient Composition of Malaysian Foods.
Tee E Siong, MI Noor, MN Azudin, K Idris.
ASEAN Food Habits Project, National Sub-Committee on Protein: Food Habits
Research and Development, Malaysia.
1988*, 150 pp. (English)

Nutrient Composition of Malaysian foods, 4th edition
Tee E Siong, MI Noor, MN Azudin, K. Idris
Malaysian Food Composition Database Programme
c/o Institute of Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur
1997, 299 pp. (English)

Malaysian Foods Composition Database

Nepal
Nutrient Contents in Nepalese Foods
HMG, Ministry of Agriculture, Agriculture Development Department, Nutrition Programme Section. Babarmahal, Kathmandu. 1994 (Hindi and English)

Pakistan
Nutritive Value of Foodstuffs and Planning of Satisfactory Diets in Pakistan: Part I,
Composition of Raw Foodstuffs
MID Chughtai, AW Khan
Institute of Chemistry, Punjab University, Lahore
1960 (English)

Food Composition Table for Pakistan
T Hussain, Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Planning and Development,
Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Human Nutrition, NWFP, Agricultural
University, Peshawar
1985*, Reprinted 1990, 70 pp (English)

Nutritive Value of Indigenous Cooked Foods: I. Vegetable Meals.
SM Ali, Iftikhar Ali Rana.
Pakistan Journal of Science, Jan. 1964;16 (1):30-34.
1964*, photocopy of reprint, 5 pp. (English)

Nutritive Value of Indigenous Cooked Foods: II. Meat Meals.
Iftikhar Ali Rana, Aziz Syed, A Waheed Ilyas, S Maqsood Ali.
Science and Industry, Oct. 1965; 3(4):321-326.
1965*, photocopy of reprint, 6 pp. (English)

Nutritive Value of Indigenous Cooked Foods: III. Sweet Dishes.
Iftikhar Ali Rana, Siraj Fatima Zaidi, Zahida Bashir, S Maqsood Ali.
Science and Industry, Jan. 1966;4(1):54-57.
1966*, photocopy of reprint, 4 pp. (English)

Nutritive Value of Some Commercial Weaning and Supplementary Foods. [protein- energy]
Iftikhar A Rana, Zakia S Khan, Nayyar S Rizvi.
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, Oct. 1982;32(10):249-252.
1982*, photocopy of reprint, 4 pp. (English)

Nutritive Value of Some Improved Indigenous Weaning Food Recipes and Farex.
Iftikhar Ali Rana.
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, April 1972;22(4):99-107.
1972*, photocopy of reprint, 9 pp. (English)

Protein Values of Some West Pakistan Meals.
Miss Aziz Syed, Iftikhar Ali Rana, S Maqsood Ali.
Pakistan Journal of Scientific Research, Oct. 1966;18(4):217-219.
1966*, photocopy of reprint, 3 pp. (English)

Philippines
Food Composition Tables: Recommended for Use in the Philippines, Handbook I
IC Abdon, IF del Rosario
Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), National Science Development Board
(NSDB), Manila
5th revision 1980* 313 pp (English)

Nutrient composition of 167 food items from Ghana, The Philippines, Italy and Finland
S Westenbrink, JT Knuiman, CE West, L van der Heijden, P van de Bovenkamp,
EAM Koot-Gronsveld, JG Kosmeijer-Schuil, MB Katan
Vol III of Food Analyses of the Department of Human Nutrition
Department of Human Nutrition, Agricultural University, De Dreijen 12,
6703 BC Wageningen, The Netherlands
1983* 27 pp (English)

Food Composition Tables: Recommended for Use in the Philippines: Handbook I.
IC Abdon, IF del Rosario, AR Aguinaldo, AV Lontoc, LG Alejo.
Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), Dept. of Science and Technology,
Manila.
1990*, 6th Revision, 299 pp. (English)

Food Composition Tables - Recommended for Use in the Philippines
Food and Nutrition Institute, Department of Science and Technology, Manila
Draft update, 1996 (English)

The Philippine Food Composition Tables
Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Science and Technology, Manila
1997, 163 pp. (English with Filipino alternative food names)

Singapore
Eating Out - A Guide to Food Choice at Hawker Centres
Food & Nutrition Department, Ministry of Health, Singapore
1993* 59 pp (English)

The Composition of 200 Foods Commonly Eaten in Singapore
Food & Nutrition Department, Ministry of Health, Singapore
1993* 54 pp (English)

Contact: Director, Food and Nutrition Department, Ministry of Health, 226 Outram Road, Singapore 169039
Tel: (65) 3222581, Fax: (65) 227-0339, E-mail: dfnd@cs.gov.sg

Food Consumption Study - 1993
Food & Nutrition Department, Ministry of Health, Singapore
1994* 149 pp (English)

The Composition of Foods Commonly Eaten in Singapore
Food & Nutrition Department, Ministry of Health, Singapore
1998, 30 pp (English)
Contact: Director, Food and Nutrition Department,
Minsitry of Health, 226 Outram Road, Singapore 169039

Sri Lanka
Tables of Food Composition for Use in Sri Lanka
WDA Perera, PM Jayasekera, SZ Thaha
World Health Foundation of Sri Lanka, Colombo
1979* 82 pp (English)

Taiwan
Composition of Foods Used in Taiwan
TC Tung, PC Huang, HC Li, HL Chen
J Formosan Medical Association, Vol 60, No 11, pp 973-1005, Taipei
1961* 32 pp (Chinese and English)

Table of Amino Acid Composition of Taiwan Foods
Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu
Revised 1973 (language unknown)

Table of Taiwan Food Composition
Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu
Revised 1974 (language unknown)

Investigation of Nutrient Content of Chicken in Taiwan Area.
20 pp.* (Chinese with English summary)

Investigation of Nutrient Content of Pork in Taiwan Area.
19 pp.* (Chinese with English)

Investigation of Nutrient Content of Vegetables in Taiwan Area.
18 pp.* (Chinese with English abstract)

Investigation of Nutritive Value of Rice in Taiwan Area.
CC Chou, CH Pong, LC Chang, KG w\Wei, YL Sheu, TD Chien, YF Tsai, WD Ding, DC Hwang.
FIRDI, ISSN 0253-9039.
25 pp.* (Chinese with English summary)

Nutrient Content of Major Fishes in Taiwan/Nutrient Composition of Common Seafoods in Taiwan.
B Sun Pan, W-C Tang, C-T Lee, T-C Chang, M-R Tsai, W-C Wang, S-C Yen.
33 pp.* (Chinese with English abstract)

Nutritional Analysis of Main Fruits in Taiwan Area.
CC Chou, KG Wei, SH Chen, YL Sheu.
FIRDI, ISSN 0253-9039.
19 pp.* (Chinese with English summary)

Thailand

Thai Food Composition Tables
Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University
1999* 150 pp (English and Thai)

Table for Thai Food Composition of 100 gm Edible Portion
Division of Red Cross Youth
Department of Physical Education
undated* 24 pp (Thai)

Table for Thai Food Composition of 100 gm Edible Portion
Division of Nutrition
Department of Health
1978* 48 pp (Thai)

Thai Food Composition Table
Division of Nutrition, Department of Health
Ministry of Public Health
1981* 16 pp (Thai)

Amino Acid Content of Thai Foods
Division of Nutrition, Department of Health
Ministry of Public Health
1983* 15 pp (Thai)

Amino Acid Content of Thai Foods
Division of Nutrition, Department of Health
Ministry of Public Health
Undated 39pp (Thai with English)

Nutrient Composition Table of Thai Foods
Nutrition Division, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok
1984* 23 pp (Thai with English)

Nutrient Composition Table of Thai Foods
Nutrition Division, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok
1992* 97 pp (Thai with English)

Proceedings - Asean Workshop on Food Data System
Asean Interim Project Management Committee on Protein
1989* 275 pp (English)

Vietnam
Môt Sô Rau Dai An Ðu'o'c O' Viêt Nam
Wild Edible Vegetables, Plantes Sauvages Comestibles
NHÁ XUÂT BAN QUÂN DÔI NHÂN DÂN
The Peoples Army Publishing House, Hanoi,
1994 353 pp (Vietnamese with English)

Thành Phân Dinh Du'õ'ng Thú'c An Viêtnam,
Food Products in Vietnam, Composition and Nutritive Value
NHÁ XUÂ'T BAN Y HOC
National Institute of Nutrition, Ministry of Health, Medicine Publisher, Hanoi,
1995* 555pp (Vietnamese with English)

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