ERS tracks the supply of commodities available for consumption in the United States and examines consumer food preferences by age, income, region, race, place where food is eaten, and other characteristics. USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and ERS developed the Food Intakes Converted to Retail Commodities Databases (FICRCD) to provide commodity content for food intake data as recorded in national dietary surveys. 

Building on the FICRCD, ERS has combined 1999-2000 and 2001-2002 data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to report commodity consumption by household income, age and gender, body weight status, race and ethnicity, and education attainment as well as by the location where foods were eaten. The results are presented in 2 series:

• food availability (FADS)--retail weight in pounds per year
• food intakes (FICRCD)--retail weight in grams per day

• Food Availability Data
• Food Intakes Converted to Retail Commodities Data
• NHANES Sample

Data Set
Food Availability Data			Back to top
Table 1: Fruit Availability		9/18/2012
Table 2: Vegetables Availability		9/18/2012
Table 3: Dairy Availability		9/18/2012
Table 4: Meat Availability		9/18/2012
Table 5: Grains Availability		9/18/2012
Table 6: Nuts and Sweeteners Availability		9/18/2012
Table 7: Fats and Oils Availability		9/18/2012
Food Intakes Converted to Retail Commodities Data			Back to top
Table 1: Fruit Consumption		9/18/2012
Table 2: Vegetables Consumption		9/18/2012
Table 3: Dairy Consumption		9/18/2012
Table 4: Meat Consumption		9/18/2012
Table 5: Grains Consumption		9/18/2012
Table 6: Nuts and Sweeteners Consumption		9/18/2012
Table 7: Fats and Oils Consumption		9/18/2012
NHANES Sample			Back to top
NHANES Sample Sizes		7/30/2012

Last updated: Tuesday, September 18, 2012

For more information contact: Biing-Hwan Lin