"The NIN has recently completed the preparation of the new Indian food composition database. This is going to be very useful database for the country as we are going to get all the required information about the nutrients at one place.
"It will help us in keeping tab on nutritional intake and nutritious food," Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Soumya Swaminathan said in a pre-recorded video message at the 11th International Food Data Conference (IFDC) on first day today.
Dr T Longvah, Director Incharge, NIN and convener of the conference said, "We have taken the same kind of crop from six different geographical areas and conducted research on it. The database will have average nutrient value of a particular food grain, and nutrient values of that food grain in various locations".
The conference is being jointly organised by the International Network of Food Databases, Food and agriculture organisation and NIN. Over 350 delegates from about 58 countries are attending the three-day event.