USDA-NCC Carotenoid Database for U.S. Foods

NUTRIENT DATA LABORATORY

USDA-NCC Carotenoid Database for U.S. Foods - 1998

This database was created through a collaborative effort between the USDA and the Nutrition Coordinating Center (NCC) at the University of Minnesota and was partially funded with grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This is an update of the 1993 USDA-NCI Carotenoid Database. You will need the Adobe Acrobat viewer to view these reports.

Note: The values in this table have been incorporated into the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 16. Access to this database is provided here for those users who may wish to use it for historical reasons.

Documentation
Data table (alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, lutein+zeaxanthin, lycopene)
Zeaxanthin table
References (sources of data)
Complete database (Zip file, for use in database programs)

This research was also published in the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis:

Holden, J.M., Eldridge, A.L., Beecher, G.R., Buzzard, I.M. Bhagwat, S.A., Davis, C.S., Douglass, Larry W., Gebhardt, S.E., Haytowitz, D.B., and Schakel, S. 1999. Carotenoid Content of U.S. Foods: An Update of the Database. J. Food Comp. Anal. 12:169-196.

Last modified: December 05, 2003