A comparative evaluation of the use of a food composition database and nutrition declarations for nutrient profiling

Journal of Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 93-100

  Eržen, Naja ^a   Rayner, Mike ^b   Pravst, Igor ^a  

^a Nutrition Institute   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food composition databases; Food quality; Food supply; Health claims; Nutrient profile; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929208084     PISSN: 13368672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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