The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched the Branded Food Products Database containing the nutrition details on more than 80,000 name brand prepared and packaged foods.The new database is a free online resource for families, the food industry and researches and pursues to improve the health and the quality of life of people. It is developed by the USDA Agricultural Research Service partnered with the International Life Sciences Institute North America (ILSI North America), GS1 US, 1WorldSync and Label Insight.The Branded Food Products Database improves the USDA National Nutrient Database, which contained basic information on about 8,800 branded foods. The new database will include up to 500,000 products with an expanded level of detail including serving size, servings per package and nutrients, weights and measures, ingredient list and sub-list and a date stamp associated with current formulation of the product.More information