# Food composition databases by country - PappAI

> Which official food composition databases PappAI uses in each country, with source, licence and number of foods, plus the countries coming next.

Source: https://pappai.it/en/food-databases

Scientific sources

# The right nutrition database for every country

For each country you work in, PappAI looks foods up in that country's official food composition database, when one exists and is available under a licence that allows its use.

countries with a national source13

foods in national sources~31,500

countries in progress5

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01 · How it works

## Automatic routing by country

When a meal plan or a logged meal looks up a food, PappAI checks your practice's country and queries that country's national database first. If the food isn't there, it moves on to the next sources: usually USDA FoodData Central, then Open Food Facts and hand-curated entries.

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ItalyFranceGermanySpainIreland

Fiocchi di lattePractice · Italy

- **CREA 2019**National database · Italy*Found*
- **USDA FoodData Central**Real-time search
- **Open Food Facts**Mostly packaged products
- **Entries curated by PappAI**Foods checked by hand

Your practice's custom entries take priority and stay visible only to you.

Illustrative example: the real search collects results from the sources and ranks them by relevance.

02 · Current coverage

## 13 countries with an integrated national database

Each source enters PappAI only after its commercial-use licence has been checked. In some cases we hold an authorisation from the owning body.

By number of foodsBy country

CountryBodySource and foodsLicence

DEGermanyMax Rubner-Institut**BLS 4.0** · ~7,140 foodsCC BY 4.0

FIFinlandTHL**Fineli** · ~4,051 foodsCC BY 4.0

FRFranceANSES**CIQUAL 2020** · ~3,183 foodsEtalab 2.0, open licence

GBUnited KingdomUKHSA**CoFID 2021** · ~2,886 foodsOpen Government Licence v3

SESwedenLivsmedelsverket**Livsmedelsverket** · ~2,575 foodsCC BY 4.0

NLNetherlandsRIVM**NEVO 2025/9.0** · ~2,328 foodsCommercial use authorised

ESSpainAESAN**BEDCA v1.0** · ~2,214 foodsWritten authorisation for commercial use

NONorwayMattilsynet**Matvaretabellen** · ~2,121 foodsNLOD 2.0

DKDenmarkDTU**Frida 6.1** · ~1,390 foodsCC BY 4.0

PTPortugalINSA**PortFIR/TCA v7.1** · ~1,376 foodsCommercial use authorised by INSA

CHSwitzerlandFSVO/BLV**naehrwertdaten.ch V7.0** · ~1,220 foodsCommercial use authorised

ITItalyCREA**CREA 2019** · ~900 foodsItalian public research body

LBLebanonWHO EMRO**WHO EMRO + Lebanese University** · 65 foodsDirect laboratory analyses (2021)

In countries not yet listed, search still uses USDA FoodData Central, the Italian CREA table, Open Food Facts and hand-curated entries.

03 · In progress

## The next countries

In these countries food search stays active on international sources while we add the dedicated national database.

- IEIreland
- JPJapan
- PLPoland
- CZCzech Republic
- ISIceland

Mandatory attributions shown in the appANSES/CIQUAL, Max Rubner-Institut/BLS, UKHSA/OGL v3, Mattilsynet/NLOD, THL/Fineli, Livsmedelsverket, FSVO/BLV (naehrwertdaten.ch), RIVM (NEVO), AESAN/BEDCA, WHO EMRO/Lebanese University, DTU (Frida), INSA (PortFIR).

## Is your country not on the list?

Even without a dedicated national database, PappAI covers food search with reliable international sources.

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