Nutrients in Foods is an excellent resource for those interested in detailed, authoritative information regarding food nutrients, nutrition standards, summary information about each nutrient, and other related nutritional information. Written in an easy-to-read format, and offering a user-friendly CD-ROM for quick reference, this multi-faceted text is intended to better assist students, nutritionists, researchers, and dieticians in their work and studies. In addition, the reference code for each food can be used in conjunction with leading nutrition software packages such as The Food Processor(R); Genesis R&D(R); The Computer Chef(R); and the Nutrition Recipe AnalyzerTM, to build instant nutrition calculations for daily intakes, recipes or menus.Caloric tables, weights and measures, conversion tables, and supplementary tables listing amino acids, alcohol, caffeine, phytosterols, and purines and salicylates in selected foods, are provided throughout the text. A table focusing on sodium, potassium and chloride intake is also provided for those working in the field of renal nutrition.