Food data sources
Effective September 26, 2026
Leaniroo's food catalog combines Open Food Facts, USDA FoodData Central and national food-composition databases, credited below, with foods added by users. The adapted catalog can be downloaded at /catalog/foods.ndjson under the Open Database License.
Australia
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3.
Website · License: CC-BY-4.0 - Food Standards Australia New Zealand: AUSNUT 2023.
Website · License: CC-BY-4.0
Brazil
- Tabela Brasileira de Composição de Alimentos (TACO), 4ª edição revisada e ampliada. NEPA – UNICAMP, 2011.
Website · License: Reproduction permitted when the source is cited
Canada
- USDA FoodData Central: Global Branded Food Products Database (CC0).
Website · License: CC0-1.0 - Canadian Nutrient File 2026, Health Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Website · License: OGL-Canada-2.0
Denmark
- The Danish Food Composition Database (https://fcdb.fooddata.dk), version 6.1, May 2026. DTU National Food Institute.
Website · License: CC-BY-4.0
France
- Anses. 2025. Ciqual French food composition table.
Website · License: etalab-2.0
Germany
- Max Rubner-Institut (2025): Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS), Version 4.0. Karlsruhe. DOI 10.25826/Data20251217-134202-0
Website · License: CC-BY-4.0
Israel
- Israeli National Nutrition Database, Israel Ministry of Health, via data.gov.il.
Website · License: data.gov.il dataset licence
Japan
- 出典：「日本食品標準成分表（八訂）増補2023年」（文部科学省）を加工して作成 / Source: Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan (8th revised edition) Supplement 2023, MEXT; processed by Leaniroo.
Website · License: MEXT website terms of use (compatible with CC BY 4.0)
Lebanon
- Hoteit M. et al., Development of a Lebanese food exchange system based on frequently consumed Eastern Mediterranean traditional dishes and Arabic sweets. F1000Research 2021; data on OSF (CC0).
Website · License: CC0-1.0
New Zealand
Norway
South Korea
- 국가표준식품성분 DB, 농촌진흥청 (National Standard Food Composition Database, Rural Development Administration).
Website · License: KOGL-Type-1 - 전국통합식품영양성분정보, 국립수산과학원 (National Institute of Fisheries Science), 공공데이터포털.
Website · License: data.go.kr open data, no restriction on use - 전국통합식품영양성분정보, 식품의약품안전처 (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety), 공공데이터포털.
Website · License: data.go.kr open data, no restriction on use
Sweden
Taiwan
- 衛生福利部食品藥物管理署, 2026, 食品營養成分資料集 (Taiwan FDA Food Nutrient Composition Dataset), released under the Open Government Data License, version 1.0.
Website · License: OGDL-Taiwan-1.0
United Kingdom
- McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset 2021, Public Health England. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Website · License: OGL-UK-3.0
United States
- USDA FoodData Central: Foundation Foods (CC0).
Website · License: CC0-1.0 - USDA FoodData Central: SR Legacy (CC0).
Website · License: CC0-1.0 - USDA FoodData Central: Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (CC0).
Website · License: CC0-1.0 - USDA FoodData Central: Global Branded Food Products Database (CC0).
Website · License: CC0-1.0
Worldwide
- Contains data from Open Food Facts contributors (https://world.openfoodfacts.org/), available under the Open Database License.
Website · License: ODbL-1.0 - Stadlmayr B., McMullin S., Jamnadass R. (2019): Priority Food Tree and Crop Food Composition Database, version 1. World Agroforestry (ICRAF). DOI 10.34725/DVN/FIPP7F
Website · License: CC-BY-4.0