An open science framework and tools to create reproducible food composition data for use in nutrition

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Segovia de la Revilla, L, Codd, T., Joy, E.J.M., Mlambo, L., Grande, F., Rittenschober, D., Moltedo, A., Holmes, B.A. and Ander, E.L. 2024. An open science framework and tools to create reproducible food composition data for use in nutrition. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis - JFCA. 137, p. 106894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2024.106894

AuthorsSegovia de la Revilla, L, Codd, T., Joy, E.J.M., Mlambo, L., Grande, F., Rittenschober, D., Moltedo, A., Holmes, B.A. and Ander, E.L.
Abstract

Food composition tables and databases (FCTs) and Nutrient Conversion Tables (NCTs) are essential for nutrition research. Compiling a new NCT requires multiple FCTs, usually with incompatible formats. FCT cleaning and standardisation is rarely reproducible and requires significant resources. Our aim was to develop a framework and tools for compilation and reporting of reproducible FCTs/NCTs, through expanding the fish and other aquatic products in the global NCT for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Supply and Utilization Accounts.

FAO/ International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS) guidelines, and open science tools were used for processing. New R functions and scripts were developed to: import and standardise 12 FCTs; re-calculate food components; perform quality checks; and format outputs (e.g., spreadsheets).

This resulted in the expansion of the global NCT, providing information on 32 food components for 95 fish and other aquatic products. The workflow takes 160 seconds to run. The scripts are publicly available in GitHub, with a manual, and can be used or adapted.

These open science tools provide a novel resource to create, update and expand FCTs/NCTs in a reproducible, reusable, efficient, and transparent manner, for use in nutrition research.

KeywordsFood composition data; INFOODS; Findability; Accessibility; Interoperability; Reproducibility; Fish and aquatic products; Metadata; Micronutrients
Year of Publication2024
JournalJournal of Food Composition and Analysis - JFCA
Journal citation137, p. 106894
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2024.106894
Open accessPublished as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
FunderBill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder project or codeINV-002588
Publisher's version
Copyright license
CC BY 4.0
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online28 Oct 2024
Publication process dates
Accepted23 Oct 2024
PublisherElsevier
ISSN0889-1575

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