Location: Methods and Application of Food Composition Laboratory
2022 Annual Report
Accomplishments
1. Ingredients in commercial packaged foods. There is general lack of information in scientific literature on the ingredients used in commercial packaged foods. Researchers at Beltsville, Maryland, in collaboration with University of Maryland, recently developed and tested a prototype of IngID, a framework for parsing and systematic reporting of ingredients used in commercially packaged foods in the U.S., using ingredient statements of baked products mainly from USDA’s Global Branded Food Products Database. IngID enables characterization of what is in the foods we eat in a systematic manner, in dimensions other than the traditional nutrient profiles. The ingredient statements were also used to predict food categories and nutrients, using Artificial intelligence techniques. The researchers achieved up to ninty-nine percent accuracy for food classification for nutrient estimation. Such approaches can potentially be used for other such challenging and resource-intensive applications.
Review Publications
Pehrsson, P.R., Roseland, J., Patterson, K., Phillips, K., Spungen, J., Andrews, K. 2022. Iodine in foods and dietary supplements: A collaborative tool by ODS-NIH, FDA and USDA. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2021.104369.
Fukagawa, N.K., Mckillop, K.A., Pehrsson, P.R., Moshfegh, A.J., Harnly, J.M., Finley, J.W. 2021. USDA’s FoodData Central: What is it? and why is it needed today? American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqab397.
Durrazo, A., Sorkin, B.C., Lucarini, M., Gusev, P.A., Kuszak, A.J., Crawford, C., Boyd, C., Deuster, P.A., Saldanha, L., Gurley, B.J., Pehrsson, P.R., Harnly, J.M., Turrini, A., Andrews, K.W., Lindsey, A. 2022. Analytical challenges and metrological approaches to ensuring dietary supplement quality: International perspectives. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12:1-23. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.714434.
Ma, P., Wang, Q., Yu, N., Li, Y., Zhang, Z., Sheng, J., Ahuja, J.K., Mcginty, H. 2022. Deep learning accurately predicts food categories and nutrients based on ingredient statements. Food Chemistry. 391:133243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133243.
Wu, X., Pehrsson, P.R. 2021. Current knowledge and challenges on the development of a dietary glucosinolate database in the U.S. Current Developments in Nutrition. 5:nzab102. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab102.
Wu, X., Yu, L., Pehrsson, P.R. 2021. Are processed tomato products as nutritious as fresh tomatoes? Scoping review on the effects of industrial processing on nutrients and bioactive compounds in tomatoes. Advances in Nutrition. 13(1):138-151. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmab109.
Zhang, W., Zhu, B., Childs, H., Yu, L., Whent, M.M., Pehrsson, P.R., Zhao, J., Wu, X., Li, S. 2022. Effects of boiling and steaming on the carbohydrates of sweet corn. ACS Food Science and Technology. 2:951-960. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.2c00103.
Ershow, A., Haggans, C., Roseland, J., Patterson, K., Spungen, J., Gahche, J., Merkel, J., Pehrsson, P.R. 2022. Databases of iodine content of foods and dietary supplements–Availability of new and updated resources. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2022.03.017.
Roseland, J.R., Bahadur, R., Pehrsson, P.R. 2022. Iodine and vitamin D content and variability in U.S. shell eggs and processed eggs. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2021.104166.
Dwyer, J., Saldanha, L., Bailen, R., Durazzo, A., Le Donne, C., Piccinelli, R., Andrews, K., Pehrsson, P.R., Gusev, P., Calvillo, A., Connor, E., Goshorn, J., Sette, S., Lucarini, M., D’Addezio, L., Camilli, E., Marletta, L., Turrini, A. 2021. An impossible dream? Integrating dietary supplement label databases: Needs, challenges, and next steps. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2021.103882.
Dwyer, J., Saldanha, L., Bailen, R., Gahche, J., Potischman, N., Bailey, R., Jun, S., Long, Y., Connor, E., Andrews, K., Pehrsson, P.R., Gusev, P. 2022. Do multivitamin/mineral dietary supplements for young children fill critical nutrient gaps? Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2021.10.019.
