Fundamental foods: list

FUNDAMENTAL FOODS by foodcounts®

A proprietary (and provisional) list of whole foods which, from analysis, are also main-ingredients for most fresh, packaged or processed foods - and for which a full range of nutrient values have been officially established. There are 230 such fundamental foods. The 16 most popular [top-level] foods are highlighted in upper case:

# Almonds # Anchovies # Apples # Apricots # Asparagus # Aubergine # Avocado # Bacon # Bananas # BEEF # Beetroot # Blackberries # Blackcurrants # Blackeye beans # Brazil nuts # BREAD # Broad beans # Broccoli # Brussels sprouts # BUTTER # Butter beans # Carrots # Cashew nuts # Cauliflower # Celery # CHEESE # Cherries # Chestnuts # Chick peas # CHICKEN # Chicory # Chilli powder # Chillies # Clementines # Cockles # Cocoa # Coconut # Cod # Coley # Cornflour # Courgette # Crab # Cranberries # CREAM # Crisps # Cucumber # Curly kale # Currants # Curry powder # Damsons # Dates # Duck # Eel # EGGS # Fennel # Feta # Figs # FLOUR # Frankfurter # French beans # Fromage frais # Fruit cocktail # Garlic # Gherkins # Goose # Gooseberries # Gouda # Goulash # Gourd # Grapefruit, # Grapes # Guava # Haddock # Haggis # Ham # Hazelnuts # Herring # Honey # Kidney # Kiwi fruit # LAMB # Leeks # Lemon sole # Lemons # Lentils # Lettuce # Liver # Lobster # Lychees # Macadamia nuts # Macaroni # Mackerel # Mange-tout peas # Mangoes # Margarine # Marrow # Melon # MILK # Mint # Mixed nuts # Muesli # Muffins # Mung beans # Mushrooms # Mussels # Nectarines # Nutmeg # Oatmeal # Oats # OIL # Okra # Olives # Onions # Oranges # Paprika # Parsley # Parsnip # Passion fruit # PASTA # Paw-paw, # Peaches # Peanuts # Pears # Peas # Pecan nuts # Peppers # Petit pois # Pheasant # Pilchards # Pine nuts # Pineapple # Pistachio nuts # Plaice # Plantain # Plums # PORK # POTATOES # Prawns # Prunes # Pumpkin # Rabbit # Radish # Raisins # Raspberries # Ravioli # Red kidney beans # Rhubarb # RICE # Rosemary # Runner beans # Rye flour # Sage # Salami # Salmon # Salt # Satsumas # Sauerkraut # Saveloy # Scampi # Sesame seeds # Shallots # Shrimps # Skate # SOUP # Soy sauce # Soya beans # Spaghetti # Spinach # Spring onions # Squid # Stock cubes # Strawberries # Stuffing mix # SUGAR # Sultanas # Sunflower seeds # Swede # Sweet potato # Sweetcorn # Swordfish # Syrup # Tangerines # Thyme # Tomato ketchup # Tomatoes # Tongue # Tripe # Trotters # Trout # Tuna # Turkey # Turnip # Veal # Venison # Vinegar # Walnuts # Watercress # Wheatgerm # Whelks # Whitebait # Whiting # Winkles # Yam # Yogurt

Individual fundamental foods will be allocated a unique 3-digit code which will default to selected foods featured on the UK-US consolidated nutrient databank, and form the pathway to access the full range of related nutrient data-sets and food functionality. These access codes will be featured in look-up tables in both manual format and for mobile - Internet interface.

highlighted foods refers to foodstuffs which d not satisfy fundamental status

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