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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Fields of Study
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. product quality
  5. food quality
  6. nutritive value
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. product quality
  5. food quality
  6. nutritive value
  1. Fields of Study
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. product quality
  5. food quality
  6. nutritive value
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. product quality
  5. food quality
  6. nutritive value
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. toxicology
  3. products and commodities
  4. product quality
  5. food quality
  6. nutritive value
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. products and commodities
  3. product quality
  4. food quality
  5. nutritive value
  1. Fields of Study
  2. food science
  3. food quality
  4. nutritive value
  1. Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
  2. food science
  3. food quality
  4. nutritive value
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal science
  3. forage and feed science
  4. forage
  5. forage quality
  6. nutritive value
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal science
  3. forage and feed science
  4. forage
  5. forage quality
  6. nutritive value
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal science
  3. forage and feed science
  4. feed quality
  5. nutritive value
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal science
  3. forage and feed science
  4. feed quality
  5. nutritive value

Preferred term

nutritive value

Type

  • Product

Definition

  • Information An indication of the contribution of a food to the nutrient content of the diet. This value depends on the quantity of a food which is digested and absorbed and the amounts of the essential nutrients (protein, fat, carbohydrate, minerals, vitamins) which it contains. This value can be affected by soil and growing conditions, handling and storage, and processing.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

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Synonyms

  • biological nutritional availability
  • biologic nutritional availability
  • dietary value
  • fattening value
  • feeding value
  • feed nutritive value
  • feed value
  • food nutritive value
  • food value
  • nutrient value
  • nutritional characteristics
  • nutritional quality
  • nutritional value
  • nutritive ratio
  • nutritive value index
  • quality for nutrition

Scope note

  • Use for evaluating the ability of a food or feed to contribute to the diet and/or nutritional status of a human or animal; for descriptions of the composition of foods/feeds, without regard to their efficacy in the organism, USE "food composition" or one of its narrower terms.

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/10486

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