Identification of Food Components for INFOODS Data Interchange (UNU, 1989, 165 pages): 4. Assigning the correct food component tagnames to the nutrient data: Selenium

Identification of Food Components for INFOODS Data Interchange (UNU, 1989, 165 pages)

4. Assigning the correct food component tagnames to the nutrient data

		Introduction
		Alcohol
		Amino acids: total essential amino acids
		Amino acids: essential to total amino acid ratio
		Amino acids
		Carbohydrate
		Carbohydrates and monosaccharide equivalents
		Cholesterol
		Energy
		Fat
		Fatty acids
		Fibre
		Folate
		Glycerides
		Iron
		Niacin
		Nitrogen
		Protein
		Selenium
		Starch
		Sugar
		Vitamin A
		Vitamin B-6
		Vitamin C
		Vitamin D
		Vitamin E

Selenium

The selenium values in food composition tables usually represent the total selenium in a food. Such values should be assigned tagname <SE>. Interest in the distinction between organic and inorganic selenium has also generated data for these two components, which should be identified by the tagnames < SEO > and < SEIO > respectively.