International Data and Methods

This section addresses:

:Ontomatica defined objective:

Attention

This section applies to USDA prime data, not to USDA select data. For explanation of USDA prime and USDA select data, see Deposition Workflow

Ontomatica proposes, as part of label project €, to implement complete system € for two national authorities € - USA and GBR (UK).

Ontomatica will identify countries.

Then, for a specific country and for a specific food, Ontomatica will illustrate the distribution of energy (kilocal, kilojoule) as defined by the national authority.

For example:

Country ISO 3 UN FAO DBpedia
United Kingdom GBR 826 dbpedia:United_Kingdom
United States USA 840 dbpedia:United_States

Energy illustration is generated using UN FAO INFOODS € and authority values.

Note below: USDA and GBR use different analytical methods when reporting values.

Methods

EC carbohydrates     CHOPL = (SUGAR [ncit:C38046]) + (SUGOH [ncit:C38046])

GBR carbohydrates    CHOAVLM = (MNSAC [ncit:C38046]) + (DISAC [ncit:C38046]) + (DEXTN [ncit:C38046]) + (STARCHM [ncit:C38046]) + (GLYCM [ncit:C38046])

USA carbohydrates (food: whole wheat)        CHOCDF = 100 g - ((NT [vocal:Kjeldahl] x [infoods:XPROT] 5.83 [xsd:float]) + (WATER [ncit:C38046]) + (FAT [ncit:C38046]) + (ASH [ncit:C38046])g)

GBR fiber    FIBTS = (GLUCNB [ncit:C38046]) + (CELLU [ncit:C38046]) + (HEMCEL [ncit:C38046]) + (INULN [ncit:C38046]) + (LIGN [ncit:C38046]) + (PECT [ncit:C38046])

USA fiber    FIBTG [aoac:978.10] = (FIBSOL [ncit:C38046]) + (FIBINS [ncit:C38046]) + (NSP [ncit:C38046])

Legend

  • ALL CAPS = INFOODS_identifier.
  • Method format = [method-ontology-prefix : ontology-identifier].
  • ncit = NIH NCI thesaurus.
  • ncit:C38046 = Unspecified.
  • XPROT = protein conversion factor.
  • XPROT value = 5.83 for the food: whole wheat.
  • XPROT is a floating point number [xsd:float].