Table 1

Status of local food composition tables in some PURE participating countries

Countries
First publication
Date of update*
Maximum No. of food items
Maximum No. of nutrients

Argentina
1935 – 1942
1992
280
16
Brazil
1950
2002
1062
33
Colombia
1944
1990
600
32
Chile
1961
1997
≅2000
25
Zimbabwe
1989
Not available
201
18
UAE
Do not exist
Do not exist
Do not exist
Do not exist
USDA, SR18
1973
2004
7146
136

* Note: The date of update is not the date of the assay.

Merchant and Dehghan Nutrition Journal 2006 5:2   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-5-2