USDA FoodData Central

Nutrition Facts for food that never had a label.

Search 5,797 USDA FoodData Central records: the whole foods you cook with, and the prepared dishes USDA measures alongside them. Every value is per 100 g, and every record links back to its own USDA page.

Checking a packaged product instead? Check its ingredient list.

What You Get

A public record, reported as it stands.

This catalog is USDA FoodData Central, not a HigherBar list: 5,797 records covering both simple foods and the prepared dishes USDA measures for its national survey. Search results say which is which, and you can filter to either.

Measured values

Twelve nutrient fields per record, per 100 g, exactly as USDA publishes them.

Honest gaps

A field the source never measured reads "Not available" instead of a zero.

A checkable source

Every record links to its own FoodData Central page, with its data type and refresh date.

5,797
USDA records in the catalog
12
nutrient fields on every label
100 g
one reference amount, so records compare fairly
0
composite scores or grades layered on top
Sourced, Not Invented

Where the numbers come from.

Whole-food nutrient data

USDA FoodData Central

Public dataset

Flagged-ingredient registry

Hand-curated from published ingredient registries

Maintained by HigherBar

Recipe nutrition

Computed from listed ingredients

Per recipe

We publish no composite score and no letter grade for a food. A score bundles judgment calls you cannot see; a measured value with its unit, its basis, and a link to the source record is something you can check for yourself.

Now the Boxes

Now hold the packaged stuff to the bar.

Whole foods get the full USDA label. Packaged foods get all ten checks, ingredient by ingredient.