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USDA Table of Nutrient Retention Factors, Release 6 (2007)

Published by Agricultural Research Service | Department of Agriculture | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2025-11-22
Release 6, of this data set, replaces the previous release, Release 5, issued in 2003. The data set contains the factors for calculating retention of 26 vitamins, minerals and alcohol during food preparation. Factors for the other 25 food components in Release 4 are unchanged. Factors for total choline have been added to this release. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: USDA Table of Nutrient Retention Factors, Release 6 (2007). File Name: retn06.pdfResource Description: Release 6, of this data set, replaces the previous release, Release 5, issued in 2003. The data set contains the factors for calculating retention of 26 vitamins, minerals and alcohol during food preparation. Factors for the other 25 food components in Release 4 are unchanged. Factors for total choline have been added to this release. Resource Title: USDA Table of Nutrient Retention Factors, Release 6 (2007). File Name: NutrientRetention.csvResource Description: Release 6, of this data set, replaces the previous release, Release 5, issued in 2003. The data set contains the factors for calculating retention of 26 vitamins, minerals and alcohol during food preparation. Factors for the other 25 food components in Release 4 are unchanged. Factors for total choline have been added to this release. This data was downloaded from the published web site text version and converted to CSV format on November 16, 2017.Resource Title: USDA Table of Nutrient Retention Factors, Release 6 (2007) Data Dictionary. File Name: NutrientRetentionDD.csv

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temporal 2007-01-01/2007-12-31
title USDA Table of Nutrient Retention Factors, Release 6 (2007)

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