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How many calories does an apple contain? How much protein is found in yoghurt? Which fruit contains the most vitamin C, oranges or blackcurrants? In France, the reference databank is run by Ciqual which was created in 1985. Ciqual is part of the Observatory of Food Nutritional Quality (Ciqual-Oqali), unit of ANSES (the French agency for food, environmental and occupational health safety). With the addition of an extensive amount of new data, the resulting revamped CIQUAL table now provides the calorie count and the fat, carbohydrate, protein, vitamin and mineral content for 1440 foods, as well as detailed fatty acid profiles and a new search function.
At ANSES, the French Observatory of Food Quality (CIQUAL-OQALI) populates and manages a reference data base on the nutritional composition of foods. The data...