Tagnames for Food Components

This list of INFOODS Food Component Tagnames has been prepared from John C. Klensin, Diane Feskanich, Victor Lin, A. Stewart Truswell, David A. T. Southgate, Identification of Food Components for INFOODS Data Interchange, Tokyo: United Nations University, 1989, with updates through June 2007.

The list will be periodically updated as new tags are assigned or definitions are clarified.

AAA ..... ENER- ( aromatic amino acids to energy)

ERGCAL... FATRN ( ergocalciferol to trans fatty acids)

FD ........PRO ( fluoride to proline)

PROA ......ZN ( total protein to zinc)

AAAN .... VALP (Derived food components)

142 new tagnames are proposed to be added to the existing tagnames (October 2008). Comments are still welcomed until 15 November 2008. Thereafter, they will be integrated into the tagname list.

View the report of the 2003 Consultation on Review and Revision of Tagnames.