The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) released Version 3.0 of its crop composition database, which provides up-to-date information on the natural variability in the composition of conventional crops and provides a reference for comparing the composition of new crop varieties, including those developed through biotechnology.
The information in this database includes data on the nutrients, anti-nutrients, and secondary metabolites for corn and soybean samples obtained from controlled field trials, in multiple locations worldwide over a six-year period. The approximately 118,000 data points may be searched and accessed on the basis of user-selected queries.
The database complements existing food and nutrient databases and should be of interest to research and regulatory scientists in many areas, such as plant biology, food science, and human and animal nutrition.
For more information and to access the ILSI Crop Composition Database, visit http://www.cropcomposition.org. For background information on food biotechnology, go to http://ific.org/food/biotechnology.
