Sodium Monitoring Dataset

<p>The Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in collaboration with other government agencies has a program to track changes in the sodium content of commercially processed and restaurant foods. This monitoring program includes these activities: </p> <ul> <li>Tracking sodium levels of ~125 popular foods, called "<a href="https://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/Docs.htm?docid=22872 ">Sentinel Foods</a>," by periodically sampling them at stores and restaurants around the country, followed by laboratory analyses.</li> <li>Tracking levels of "related" nutrients that could change when manufacturers reformulate their foods to reduce sodium; these related nutrients are potassium, total and saturated fat, total dietary fiber, and total sugar.</li> <li>Sharing the results of these monitoring activities to the public periodically in the <a href="https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400525/Sodium/Copy of SodiumMonitoringDatasetUpdatedJuly2616.xlsx">Sodium Monitoring Dataset</a> and <a href="https://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=8964">USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference</a> and once every two years in the <a href="https://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=12068">Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies</a>.</li> </ul> <p>The Sodium Monitoring Dataset is downloadable in Excel spreadsheet format. </p><div><br>Resources in this dataset:</div><br><ul><li><p>Resource Title: Data Dictionary.</p> <p>File Name: SodiumMonitoringDataset_datadictionary.csv</p><p>Resource Description: Defines variables, descriptions, data types, character length, etc. for each of the spreadsheets in this Excel data file: Sentinel Foods - Baseline; Priority-2 Foods - Baseline; Sentinel Foods - Monitoring; Priority-2 Foods - Monitoring.</p></li><br><li><p>Resource Title: Sodium Monitoring Dataset (MS Excel download).</p> <p>File Name: SodiumMonitoringDatasetUpdatedJuly2616.xlsx</p><p>Resource Description: Microsoft Excel : Sentinel Foods - Baseline; Priority-2 Foods - Baseline; Sentinel Foods - Monitoring; Priority Foods - Monitoring.</p></li></ul><p></p>