Nutrition data sources
Recipe and food numbers come from these public food tables. Recipe totals are calculated by Better Moose; no publisher endorses the app.
FoodData Central
Most nutrient values and household measure weights1,317 recipes
Also: Food search and logging
Nutrition data: USDA FoodData Central
Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
Cup weights for a few dry grains6 recipes
Some cup weights: Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Open the tableU.S. government work, public domain
USDA Table of Cooking Yields for Meat and Poultry
How much raw meat cooks down to
Also: Raw amounts to buy for recipes that call for cooked chicken
Cooking yields: USDA Table of Cooking Yields for Meat and Poultry, Release 2 (2014), USDA Agricultural Research Service
Open the tableU.S. government work, public domain
Canadian Nutrient File
Some household measure weights and single nutrient values28 recipes
Some household measures and nutrient values: Canadian Nutrient File, Health Canada, 2015
Open the tableHealth Canada copyright guidelines for the Canadian Nutrient File
Australian Food Composition Database
Nutrient values for a few foods USDA has no entry for11 recipes
Some nutrient values: Australian Food Composition Database, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (CC BY 4.0), converted to kcal and US-style carbohydrate
AUSNUT 2023 Food measures
Size weights (a large avocado, a medium mango) and size ratios22 recipes
Some size ratios and size weights: AUSNUT 2023 Food measures, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (CC BY 4.0)
Mål, vekt og porsjonsstørrelser for matvarer (Weights, measures and portion sizes for foods)
Weights only: a cup of shiitake, an inch of ginger root9 recipes
Some household measure weights: Mål, vekt og porsjonsstørrelser for matvarer, Mattilsynet, University of Oslo and Helsedirektoratet, 2015. Contains data under the Norwegian licence for Open Government data (NLOD) distributed by Mattilsynet
Open the tableNorwegian licence for Open Government data (NLOD); reuse with a clear source citation
McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID)
Nutrient values for a few British foods (golden syrup, clotted cream)10 recipes
McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset 2021, Public Health England. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
日本食品標準成分表（八訂）増補2023年 (Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan, Eighth Revised Edition, Updated and Enlarged 2023)
Nutrient values, edible shares and cup weights for some Japanese foods32 recipes
日本食品標準成分表（八訂）増補2023年から引用 (Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan 2023, MEXT); recipe totals calculated by Better Moose
Open the tableFree use with the source stated (MEXT food composition data terms)
Table de composition nutritionnelle des aliments Ciqual (Ciqual French food composition table)
Nutrient values for some foods USDA does not answer19 recipes
Anses. 2025. Table de composition nutritionnelle des aliments Ciqual
국가표준식품성분 Database (Korean Food Composition Database)
Nutrient values for some Korean foods (gochugaru, gochujang)7 recipes
Korean Food Composition Database 10.4, Rural Development Administration, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (KOGL Type 1)
Livsmedelsdatabasen (Swedish Food Composition Database)
Nutrient values for some Nordic foods (wild boar, Swedish sprats)8 recipes
Livsmedelsverket (Swedish Food Agency) food composition database (CC BY 4.0), carbohydrate shown with fibre included
Open Food Facts
Label numbers for some packaged foods and blends132 recipes
Also: Barcode lookups when USDA has no match
Contains data from Open Food Facts, available under the Open Database License.