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Nutrition information is based on the McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods integrated dataset (CoF IDS) (2015). The data is available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/composition-of-foods-integrated-dataset-cofid The information used in this resource is provided under the Open Government Licence. Terms can be found at: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence
The Dietary Reference Values (DRVs) used for the dietary analysis are based on the Department of Health’s Dietary Reference Values for Food Energy and Nutrients for the United Kingdom (1991).