Food data sources
Every food in the catalog comes from somewhere. Here is who to thank, and the licence each one comes under. Our copy of the share-alike data is free to grab on the open data page.
Swole.fit's food catalog combines public food databases with foods our users add. Values are converted to our format (per 100 g, grams for portions, one nutrient set), so they can differ slightly from the original through rounding or calculation. Food data is general information, provided 'as is', without warranty, and is not medical advice.
Sweden
Livsmedelsdatabasen
Livsmedelsverket (Swedish Food Agency)
Source: The Swedish Food Agency food database (Livsmedelsverkets Livsmedelsdatabas), version 2026-07-01, https://www.livsmedelsverket.se/en/about-us/open-data/food-composition-data/. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values converted and adapted by Swole.fit. Not endorsed by the Swedish Food Agency.
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
Norway
Matvaretabellen
Mattilsynet (Norwegian Food Safety Authority)
Contains data from Matvaretabellen 2026, Mattilsynet (www.matvaretabellen.no), under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD) 2.0 (https://data.norge.no/nlod/en/2.0). Values converted and adapted by Swole.fit.
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
Denmark
Danish Food Composition Database
DTU National Food Institute
Contains data from © The Danish Food Composition Database (https://fcdb.fooddata.dk), version 6.1, 2026-06-09, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (M. Langwagen, J. Jakobsen, A. Poulsen), https://doi.org/10.11583/DTU.32312844, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values converted and modified by Swole.fit. Not endorsed by DTU.
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
Finland
Fineli Open Data
THL (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)
Food composition data from Fineli, the Finnish food composition database, Release 20.0 (2019-08-08), © Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), https://fineli.fi. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values converted and modified by Swole.fit; THL has not produced, reviewed or endorsed this service.
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
United States
FoodData Central: Foundation Foods
USDA Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central: Foundation Foods. Version Current: April 2026. Internet: fdc.nal.usda.gov.
FoodData Central: SR Legacy
USDA Agricultural Research Service
US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service, Nutrient Data Laboratory. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Legacy. Version Current: April 2018. Internet: http://www.ars.usda.gov/nutrientdata. Via FoodData Central (fdc.nal.usda.gov).
FoodData Central: Survey Foods (FNDDS)
USDA Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2024-10-31. USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies 2021-2023. Food Surveys Research Group, https://www.ars.usda.gov/nea/bhnrc/fsrg. Accessed via FoodData Central (fdc.nal.usda.gov).
Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD)
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Source: Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD), Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health. https://dsld.od.nih.gov. Label information is supplied by manufacturers and is not verified by ODS.
MenuStat Annual Data
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute (built by NYC DOHMH)
Contains data from MenuStat Annual Data (Lauren Cleveland, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute), Harvard Dataverse, V1, 2022, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/K4NYTR, CC0 1.0. MenuStat was created by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Values as published on restaurant websites in January of the data year. Modified by Swole.fit: nutrient values recalculated per 100 g, portions converted to grams, names and categories normalized.
United Kingdom
CoFID (McCance and Widdowson's)
Public Health England (now OHID)
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Source: PHE (Public Health England) (2021) McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID) 2021, © Crown copyright 2021. Values converted or recalculated by Swole.fit.
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
Canada
Canadian Nutrient File
Health Canada
Source: Canadian Nutrient File, Health Canada, 2026. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada).
Germany
BLS (Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel)
Max Rubner-Institut
Contains data from the Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS), Version 4.0 – Deutsche Nährstoffdatenbank, published by the Max Rubner-Institut (2025-12-16), Karlsruhe, https://doi.org/10.25826/Data20251217-134202-0, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values converted and adapted by Swole.fit; the Max Rubner-Institut does not endorse Swole.fit. Upstream tables cited by BLS: USDA FoodData Central, DTU Frida, Anses Ciqual, PHE CoFID (OGL v3.0), the Norwegian Food Composition Database, FSANZ and Souci-Fachmann-Kraut.
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
France
Ciqual
ANSES
Source: Anses. 2025. Table de composition nutritionnelle des aliments Ciqual 2025 (mise à jour du 2025-11-19), https://doi.org/10.57745/RDMHWY, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab). Values converted and adapted by Swole.fit; Anses does not endorse this app.
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
Switzerland
Swiss Food Composition Database
FSVO (BLV)
Source: Swiss Food Composition Database V 7.1, Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO, https://naehrwertdaten.ch/en/
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
Australia
Australian Food Composition Database (AFCD)
FSANZ
Contains data from the Australian Food Composition Database – Release 3, © Food Standards Australia New Zealand, https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/food-nutrient-databases/afcd. Swole.fit changed it by converting units, restructuring and recalculating some values. Used and redistributed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement (https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement). The Work is based on Australian data, and Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries.
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
AUSNUT 2023
FSANZ
Contains data from AUSNUT 2023 (Australian Food and Nutrient Database for the 2023 National Nutrition and Physical Activity Study; data files released 2026-03-25), © Food Standards Australia New Zealand, https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/food-nutrient-databases/ausnut. Swole.fit changed the data: it converted units, restructured the data and mapped it to its own food model. This data is licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement (https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement), and you may use it under the same terms. FSANZ provides it without warranties, as set out in that licence. FSANZ does not endorse Swole.fit. The Work is based on Australian data, and Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries.
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation.
Israel
Tzameret (Israeli National Nutrition Database)
Israel Ministry of Health
Source: Israeli National Nutrition Database (Tzameret), Israel Ministry of Health, via data.gov.il (https://data.gov.il/dataset/nutrition-database)
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
Japan
Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan
MEXT
Source: MEXT, Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan 2020 (8th rev. ed.), Updated and Enlarged 2023, converted and edited by Swole.fit (not endorsed by MEXT). Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan 2015 (7th rev. ed.), MEXT.
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
South Korea
Korean Food Composition Database
RDA National Institute of Crop and Food Science
Rural Development Administration, 2026-04-30. Korean Food Composition Database 10.4. https://koreanfood.rda.go.kr. Licensed under KOGL Type 1 (https://www.kogl.or.kr/info/licenseType1.do); values converted to the Swole.fit data model (modified).
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
National Integrated Food Nutrient Information
MFDS, with RDA and NIFS
Nutrient data adapted by Swole.fit from the National Integrated Food Nutrient Information standard data and the MFDS Food Nutrient DB (as of 2026-10-01), published by MFDS, RDA NICS and MOF NIFS on the Korean Public Data Portal (https://www.data.go.kr/data/15100064/standard.do). Includes the RDA Korean Standard Food Composition DB, released under KOGL Type 1.
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
Taiwan
Food Nutrient Composition dataset (data.gov.tw 8543)
TFDA
Taiwan Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2026-10-05, Food Nutrient Composition Dataset (data.gov.tw dataset 8543, release 2026-10-05). The Open Data is made available to the public under the Open Government Data License, User can make use of it when complying to the condition and obligation of its terms. Open Government Data License: https://data.gov.tw/license
Food Traceability System consumer dataset (data.gov.tw 33575)
TFDA, content from manufacturers
Taiwan Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2026-10-07, Food Traceability System consumer dataset (data.gov.tw dataset 33575, export 2026-10-07). The Open Data is made available to the public under the Open Government Data License, User can make use of it when complying to the condition and obligation of its terms. Open Government Data License: https://data.gov.tw/license
Brazil
Tabela Brasileira de Composição de Alimentos (TACO)
NEPA/UNICAMP
Source: Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Alimentação (NEPA), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Tabela Brasileira de Composição de Alimentos – TACO (Brazilian Food Composition Table), 4th edition, revised and expanded. Campinas: NEPA-UNICAMP, 2011. https://nepa.unicamp.br. Values converted to Swole.fit's format. TACO was not developed by Swole.fit, and NEPA/UNICAMP is not responsible for its use in this app.
Values converted to Swole.fit's format: per 100 g, nutrient codes mapped to our nutrient set, energy recalculated where missing, names may be translated.
Worldwide
FoodData Central: Branded Foods
USDA Agricultural Research Service, data from brand owners
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central: USDA Global Branded Food Products Database. Version Current: April 2026. Internet: fdc.nal.usda.gov.
Open Food Facts
Open Food Facts (association loi 1901)
Product data © Open Food Facts contributors. Contains information from Open Food Facts (https://world.openfoodfacts.org), which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/). Individual contents are under the Database Contents License (DbCL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1-0/). Product photos, where shown, are under CC BY-SA 3.0 and credited on each photo. Our adapted copy of this data is free to download under the ODbL at https://swole.fit/open-data/.
Converted to per 100 g, GTIN-14 and Swole.fit nutrient codes.
Not for medical use; provided as is.
Foods added by Swole.fit users: entered by our community and reviewed before they become verified. Product and brand names belong to their owners and are used only to identify products. Swole.fit is not affiliated with or endorsed by any brand, Open Food Facts, or the public agencies above.