Laboratory and government tables
Food-composition tables describe foods using laboratory analysis. They provide the foundation for comparing nutrient values across independent sources.
Our sources
Good information
has a source.
Food data comes from different places. Cress helps you see the difference, so you can understand the numbers you use every day.
See how it worksTransparency, built in
Look closer.
The detail is there.
Open a nutrient in Cress to inspect the source and confidence behind its value. The original publisher and licence stay part of the record.
Actual app screens. Example diary.
Where the data begins
Different sources.
Different kinds of evidence.
Labels and restaurant menus
Brands and restaurants publish nutrition for their products. These values describe what the publisher declares; they are kept distinct from laboratory evidence.
Open Food Facts
A community-maintained collection of product labels. Its data stays separate from the core consensus, with its own licence and source identity.
Specialty datasets and contributions
Specialist tables add detail for particular nutrients. Foods people contribute remain identified as user-entered; a contribution alone does not establish verification.
Explore the original publications
Reading the evidence
Confidence needs context.
The badge describes the evidence behind a value. It is not a score for how healthy a food is.
Verified: three or more independent sources agree, at least one a laboratory
Likely accurate: two agreeing sources, or one laboratory source
Label only: manufacturer-declared, cannot be verified by agreement
Some values may have limited evidence, conflicting sources or user-entered information. Open the nutrient to read the detail.
The gaps matter, too
Unknown
does not mean zero.
A food can have a known calorie value and an unreported vitamin value. Cress keeps missing information visible instead of presenting it as a measured zero.
Nutrition totals reflect the information available. The source detail helps you understand where the picture may be incomplete.
For a closer look
The full source catalogue.
Inspect the current datasets, publishers, licences and coverage in the Cress catalogue.
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