Data sources
Every nutrition value in Forkin Tracker can be traced back to its original source. Tap the source chip on any food to see the dataset, version, and — where available — a link to the original entry.
Confidence labels
Datasets in use
- Regions
- Australia
- Version
- AFCD Release 3 (December 2025)
- Licence
- CC BY 3.0 AU
- Used for
- Primary reference for Australian foods — 1,588 entries with full macro and micronutrient traceability.
- Regions
- USA (reference for all regions when no local match)
- Version
- SR Legacy (April 2018) + Foundation Foods (2025-04-24) + FNDDS/WWEIA (2024-10-31)
- Licence
- Public Domain (U.S. Government work)
- Used for
- Primary reference for US foods — 13,604 entries (SR Legacy + Foundation Foods + FNDDS mixed dishes) with full macro and micronutrient traceability. Also used as a fallback reference for other regions when no local match exists.
- Regions
- Global
- Version
- Rolling — per-product revision captured at scan time
- Licence
- Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0
- Used for
- Vitamin and supplement barcode lookups only — packaged-food barcodes are not scanned. Product URL and revision stored with each scanned item.
- Regions
- United Kingdom
- Version
- CoFID 2021 (v2.0)
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Used for
- Primary reference for UK foods — 2,886 entries with full macro and micronutrient traceability.
- Regions
- Canada
- Version
- CNF 2015
- Licence
- Open Government Licence – Canada
- Used for
- Primary reference for Canadian foods — 5,690 entries with full macros and micronutrients, retrieved live from the Health Canada REST API.
- Regions
- European Union
- Version
- CIQUAL 2020 (English, EU-aligned)
- Licence
- Etalab / CC BY 4.0
- Used for
- Primary reference for European Union foods — 3,185 entries with full macro and micronutrient traceability. CIQUAL is the French national food-composition table (published by ANSES, not EFSA); it is applied as the EU-wide reference where no country-specific national table is available.
- Regions
- New Zealand
- Version
- Concise 14th ed. + FOODfiles 2024 v1
- Licence
- Free for personal, educational and non-commercial reference use — see publisher terms
- Used for
- Primary reference for New Zealand foods — 2,908 entries covering macros, vitamins and minerals. That total combines two official datasets: FOODfiles 2024 (1,630 foods) plus the NZ Concise Tables, 14th edition (1,278 foods).
- Regions
- All
- Version
- gemini-2.5-flash
- Licence
- Model output — not a nutrition database
- Used for
- Food recognition and portion estimation. Nutrition values are estimated only when no matching verified database record exists. All estimated entries are clearly labelled.
Attribution. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) NUTTAB data is used under CC BY 3.0 AU. Open Food Facts data is used under the Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0. USDA FoodData Central is in the U.S. public domain. CoFID, CNF and NZ FoodFiles data are used under their respective open-government or publisher terms.
Spotted a value that doesn't match its source? Report it here — we log every correction against the entry's source record.
AI estimates. When a food is not available in a verified database, the app may use Google Gemini to estimate nutrition from a photo or description. These entries are always labelled "Estimated" and are not traceable to a government dataset.
Your responsibility. Nutrition data is for personal information and tracking only. Always check product labels and consult a doctor or registered dietitian for health decisions.