PakMed PakNutri 12: A nutritional database application based on USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Biomedical Applications developed in/for Microsoft Access http://pakmed.net

Program Title: PakNutri® 12

Version Type: Donationware

Version: 1.0.1

Product ID: NUT12AF

Release Date: March 13, 2005

Topic Index

About this PakMed Program (Help and Other Information)
Comparison of PakNutri® 12 with USDA Food Search for Windows

Why is PakNutri® 12 generally a more suitable software than USDA Food Search for Windows?

Other Information
Download PakNutri 12 for Microsoft Office Access

About this PakMed Program

HOW TO INSTALL?

PakNutri®12 is presented as a single distributable file in two forms: (1)- as an executable file with file name NUT12AFS.EXE
Click the setup file (NUT12AFS.EXE), and follow the installation instructions. Then run this executable file install the program.

HOW TO UNINSTALL?

Go to Windows 'Control Panel' , click 'Add and Remove Programs' and then click PakNutri® 12, and follow the installation instructions.

HOW TO USE THIS PakMed PROGRAM?

Click Start, point Programs, PakMed and PakNutri, and then click PakNutri®12F.
PakMed Main Menu will open. Click 'Run this Program' command button to open 'PaNutri Main Menu'. The 'PakNutri® 12 Main Menu' window will contain various command buttons, list box of names of 6839 food items and the NDB#, and three ControlTabs viz, Composition (General), Composition (Alphabetical Order) and Composition (Category). Each TabControl window will display information on the nutrient composition of the selected food items.
'Composition (General)' ControlTab window contains 'Measure Modifier' box where you can modify the measure amount of the selected food item in g. The nutrient composition in this window is in the measure amount (in g) as given in the 'Measure Modifier' box. In addition this window also displays nutrient composition of the selected food items in general measure like cup, glass, etc.
Composition (Alphabetical Order) ControlTab window displays nutrient composition in which different nutrients are sorted in alphabetical order.
Composition (Category) ControlTab window displays nutrient composition in which nutrients are arranged according to nutrient-category, like proximates, vitamins, minerals, lipids, and carotenoids.
To print a report of nutrient composition of the selected food item, click control button 'Print'

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COMPARISON OF PakNutri® 12 WITH "USDA Food Search for Windows"

Disk space for installation: PakNutri® 12 occupies about 1MB hard disk space for its installation, while USDA Food Search for Windows needs >47MB disk space for installation (based on SR17).
Setup type: Both Software programs offer installation (with program executable icon) and uninstallation features.
Food components and food items included: PakNutri® 12 displays information on nutrient composition of 6839 food items covering about 44 regular (common) nutrients (Click to see the list of included nutrients), while a USDA Food Search for Windows caters information on all 6839 food items covering regular as well as less commonly quoted/needed food components or nutrients (generally not required, and the most of these food components are blank in SR17 database).
Software requirement: PakNutri® 12 requires Microsoft Office Access® to run while USDA Food Search for Windows does not require it. However the database file of USDA Food Search for Windows is an Access® file (generally sr.mdb) that is required for USDA Food Search for Windows.
License to use both PakNutri® 12 (Donationware Version) and USDA Food Search for Windows is FREE.
Measure amount modification: Both Software offer this feature.
Record Navigation: The way of presentation of PakNutri® 12 is easier and more diverse than that of USDA Food Search for Windows.
- PakNutri® 12 presents nutrient composition for all nutrients in four different ways (general in g of edible portion, general in common measure of a selected food item, alphabetical order, and food category) without the need of scrolling, while USDA Food Search for Windows does not offer such convenient navigation, even to navigate the nutrient composition of a single food item, the user needs frequent scrolling and pop-ups.
- Nutrient composition is navigated with the use of ControlTab command buttons which are not present in USDA Food Search for Windows.
- Microsoft Access built-in feature 'Record Navigator' feature is present in PakNutri® 12 while such powerful feature does not exist in USDA Food Search for Windows.

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About USDA SR17

The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR) is the major source of food composition data in the United States. It provides the foundation for most food composition databases in the public and private sectors. The current version of PakNutri® 12 is based upon SR17 that contains data on 6,839 food items. Forty four (44) regular (common) nutrients or food components are added in PakNutri® 12 as other food component are mostly blank in USDA SR17.

Food Components

	Nutrient	Number of Food Items	Included/not-included in PakNutri® 12
1.	Ash	6833	Included
2.	Calcium	6698	Included
3.	Carbohydrate, by difference	6839	Included
4.	Cholesterol	6649	Included
5.	Copper	6245	Included
6.	Energy	3839	Included
7.	Folate (DFE)	6001	Included
8.	Folate, total	6198	Included
9.	Folic acid	6001	Included
10.	Food folate	6055	Included
11.	Iron	6723	Included
12.	Lutein+Zeaxanthin	3547	Included
13.	Lycopene	3555	Included
14.	Magnesium	6333	Included
15.	Manganese	5436	Included
16.	Niacin	6397	Included
17.	Pantothenic acid	5638	Included
18.	Phosphorus	6435	Included
19.	Potassium	6485	Included
20.	Protein	6839	Included
21.	Retinol	5948	Included
22.	Riboflavin	6405	Included
23.	Selenium	5682	Included
24.	Sodium	6780	Included
25.	Thiamin	6401	Included
26.	Total dietary fiber	6108	Included
27.	Total lipid (fat)	6839	Included
28.	Total sugars	4129	Included
29.	Vitamin A (IU)	6623	Included
30.	Vitamin A (RAE)	5980	Included
31.	Vitamin B12	6188	Included
32.	Vitamin B6	6214	Included
33.	Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	6539	Included
34.	Vitamin D	453	Included
35.	Vitamin K	3356	Included
36.	Water	6835	Included
37.	Zinc	6314	Included
38.	α-carotene	3593	Included
39.	α-tocopherol (Vitamin E)	3667	Included
40.	β-carotene	3730	Included
41.	β-cryptoxanthin	3577	Included
42.	Fatty acids, saturated (total)	6589	Included
43.	Fatty acids, polyunsaturated (total)	6365	Included
44.	Fatty acids, monunstaturated (total)	6358	Included
45.	Refuse		Included
46.	Alcohol	3909	Not included
47.	Caffeine	3570	Not included
48.	Campesterol	57	Not included
49.	Fructose	446	Not included
50.	Galactose	307	Not included
51.	Glucose	454	Not included
52.	Lactose	403	Not included
53.	Maltose	400	Not included
54.	Phytosterols	583	Not included
55.	Starch	247	Not included
56.	Stigmasterol	58	Not included
57.	Sucrose	446	Not included
58.	Theobromine	3556	Not included
59.	β-Sitosterol	58	Not included
60.	β-tocopherol	666	Not included
61.	γ-tocopherol	676	Not included
62.	δ-tocopherol	669	Not included

IMPORTANT NOTE ON NUTRIENTS [Back to Topic Index]

The total lipid (fat) content of most foods was determined by gravimetric methods, including extraction methods such as those that use ether or a mixed solvent system of chloroform and methanol, or by acid hydrolysis. Total lipid determined by extraction is reported as Nutrient No. 204. It is sometimes referred to as a crude fat and includes the weight of all lipid components soluble in the solvent system. Nutrient No. 204 may not be identical to the fat level declared on food labels under the NLEA, where fat is expressed as the amount of triglyceride that would produce the analytically determined amount of lipid fatty acids. The term ANLEA fat is commonly referred to as a total fatty acids expressed as triglycerides (now called triacylgycerols)

Carbohydrate, when present, was determined as the difference between 100 and the sum of the percentages of water, protein, total lipid (fat), ash, and, when present, alcohol. Total carbohydrate values include total dietary fiber.

Total sugars is the term used for the sum of the individual monosaccharides (galactose, glucose, and fructose) and disaccharides (sucrose, lactose, and maltose).

Food energy is expressed in kilocalories (kcal) and kilojoules (kJ). One kcal equals 4.184 kJ. The data are for physiological energy, which is the energy value remaining after losses from digestion and metabolism are deducted from gross energy. Calorie values, with the exception of formulated foods, are based on the Atwater system for determining energy values.

Minerals. Minerals included in the database are calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, zinc, copper, manganese, and selenium. Levels of minerals for most foods were determined by methods of the AOAC (1995). Calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, zinc, copper, and manganese were usually determined by atomic absorption and inductively coupled plasma emission spectrophotometry.

Vitamins. Vitamins included in the database are ascorbic acid (vitamin C), thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folate, vitamin A, vitamin E (α-tocopherol), vitamin K (phylloquinone), and vitamin D.

Reference NDB number indicates the NDB number of the food item that was used to impute a nutrient value for another food.

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