The food lists included by default in MyFoodRepo come mainly from official sources like Eurofir. If an official list is missing, we’ll be happy to add it.

Occasionally, however, a cohort may require a food list that is not covered by an official list. As a cohort manager, you can provide us with this list and we’ll add it to your cohort. The import process may take a few days.

The MyFoodRepo collab interface does not currently offer a self-service form to upload a custom food list. The CSV files described below are submitted to the MyFoodRepo team, who run the import. The list must also be associated with a country (the country_id column in the database is mandatory), so make sure to specify which country to attach the list to when you send the files.

To facilitate this import, we ask you to provide us with your lists in two separate CSV files:

Food list CSV

The first CSV will contain data from the food list itself. It will contain the following columns:

Column name Description Mandatory Type Example
name name of the food list yes string custom-food-list-2025
source source of the food list no string eurofir
version version of the food lis no string 2025-03-26
metadata metadata associated to the food list no json {“author”: “John Doe”, “institute”: “Food Academy”}

Food CSV (including nutritional values)

The second CSV file should include data for each food item along with its corresponding nutritional values. Ensure that all columns are included in the CSV. If a value is not mandatory and you don’t have the information, leave the cell blank.

Column name Description Mandatory Type Example
name_en name of the food in english yes string smoked salmon
name_fr name of the food in french no string saumon fumé
name_de name of the food in german no string Räucherlachs
name_nl name of the food in dutch no string gerookte zalm
unit_id unit of the food. Possible units are “bread_unit”, “cl”, “cup”, “dl”, “fl oz”, “g”, “gallon”, “kcal”, “kg”, “kJ”, “l”, “lb”, “mg”, “ml”, “oz”, “tbsp”, “tsp”, “α-TAE”, “μg”, “μg RAE” yes string g
portion_quantity Standard portion of the food in g or ml no (better to have it as it is used as a default when manually adding a food to an annotation) float 35.00
metadata metadata associated to the food no json {“doi”: “10.1111/1750-3841.17280”}
alanin quantity per 100 g or ml of alanin in mg no float  
alcohol quantity per 100 g or ml of alcohol in g no float  
all_trans_retinol_equivalents_activity quantity per 100 g or ml of all-trans retinol equivalents in μg RAE no float  
alpha_carotene quantity per 100 g or ml of carotene, alpha in μg no float  
alpha_tocopherol quantity per 100 g or ml of Alpha-tocopherol in mg no float  
arginin quantity per 100 g or ml of arginin in mg no float  
ash quantity per 100 g or ml of ash in mg no float  
aspartic_acid quantity per 100 g or ml of aspartic acid in mg no float  
beta_carotene quantity per 100 g or ml of beta-carotene in μg no float  
beta_carotene_activity quantity per 100 g or ml of beta-carotene activity in μg RAE no float  
beta_cryptoxanthin quantity per 100 g or ml of cryptoxanthin, beta in μg no float  
beta_tocopherol quantity per 100 g or ml of Beta-tocopherol in mg no float  
caffeine quantity per 100 g or ml of caffeine in mg no float  
calcium quantity per 100 g or ml of calcium (Ca) in mg no float  
carb_counting quantity per 100 g or ml of carb counting in bread_unit no float  
carbohydrates quantity per 100 g or ml of carbohydrates, available in g no float  
carotenoids quantity per 100 g or ml of Carotenoids in μg no float  
cellulose quantity per 100 g or ml of cellulose in mg no float  
chloride quantity per 100 g or ml of chloride (Cl) in mg no float  
cholesterol quantity per 100 g or ml of cholesterol in mg no float  
choline quantity per 100 g or ml of choline, total in mg no float  
chromium quantity per 100 g or ml of Chromium in μg no float  
copper quantity per 100 g or ml of copper (Cu) in mg no float  
cystein quantity per 100 g or ml of cystein in mg no float  
delta_tocopherol quantity per 100 g or ml of Delta-tocopherol in mg no float  
disaccharide quantity per 100 g or ml of disaccharide in mg no float  
energy_fiber_kcal quantity per 100 g or ml of Energy incl. energy from dietary fibre (kilocalories) in kcal no float  
energy_fiber_kj quantity per 100 g or ml of Energy incl. energy from dietary fibre (kilojoules) in kJ no float  
energy_kcal quantity per 100 g or ml of energy kcal in kcal no float  
energy_kj quantity per 100 g or ml of energy kJ in kJ no float  
essential_amino_acids quantity per 100 g or ml of essential amino acids in mg no float  
fa_10_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 10:0 in g no float  
fa_10_1_c quantity per 100 g or ml of C10:1 cis in g no float  
fa_10_1_t quantity per 100 g or ml of C10:1 trans in g no float  
fa_11_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of C11:0 in g no float  
fa_12_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 12:0 in g no float  
fa_12_1_c quantity per 100 g or ml of C12:1 cis in g no float  
fa_12_1_t quantity per 100 g or ml of C12:1 trans in g no float  
fa_13_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of C13:0 in g no float  
fa_14_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 14:0 in g no float  
fa_14_1 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 14:1 in mg no float  
fa_14_1_c quantity per 100 g or ml of C14:1 cis in g no float  
fa_14_1_t quantity per 100 g or ml of C14:1 trans in g no float  
fa_15_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 15:0 in mg no float  
fa_15_1 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 15:1 in mg no float  
fa_16_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 16:0 in g no float  
fa_16_1 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 16:1 in g no float  
fa_16_1_c quantity per 100 g or ml of C16:1 cis in g no float  
fa_16_1_t quantity per 100 g or ml of C16:1 trans in g no float  
fa_16_2 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 16:2 in mg no float  
fa_16_4 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 16:4 in mg no float  
fa_17_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 17:0 in mg no float  
fa_17_1 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 17:1 in mg no float  
fa_18_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 18:0 in g no float  
fa_18_1 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 18:1 in g no float  
fa_18_1_c quantity per 100 g or ml of C18:1 cis in g no float  
fa_18_1_t quantity per 100 g or ml of C18:1 total trans in g no float  
fa_18_2 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 18:2 in g no float  
fa_18_2_c_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of C18:2 n-6 (linoleic acid) in g no float  
fa_18_2_c_n9 quantity per 100 g or ml of C18:2 n-9 cis in g no float  
fa_18_2_ct quantity per 100 g or ml of C18:2 cis trans in g no float  
fa_18_2_remainder quantity per 100 g or ml of C18:2 remainder in g no float  
fa_18_2_t_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of C18:2 n-6 trans in g no float  
fa_18_2_tc quantity per 100 g or ml of C18:2 trans cis in g no float  
fa_18_3 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 18:3 in g no float  
fa_18_3_c_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of C18:3 n-3 cis (ALA) in g no float  
fa_18_3_c_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of C18:3 n-6 cis in g no float  
fa_18_3_t_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of C18:3 n-3 trans in g no float  
fa_18_4 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 18:4 in g no float  
fa_18_4_c_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of C18:4 n-3 cis in g no float  
fa_19_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of C19:0 in g no float  
fa_19_3 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 19:3 in mg no float  
fa_20_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 20:0 in mg no float  
fa_20_1 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 20:1 in g no float  
fa_20_1_c quantity per 100 g or ml of C20:1 cis in g no float  
fa_20_1_t quantity per 100 g or ml of C20:1 trans in g no float  
fa_20_2 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 20:2 in mg no float  
fa_20_2_c_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of C20:2 n-6 cis in g no float  
fa_20_2_t_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of C20:2 n-6 trans in g no float  
fa_20_3 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 20:3 in mg no float  
fa_20_3_c_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of C20:3 n-3 cis in g no float  
fa_20_3_c_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of C20:3 n-6 cis in g no float  
fa_20_3_c_n9 quantity per 100 g or ml of C20:3 n-9 cis in g no float  
fa_20_4 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 20:4 in g no float  
fa_20_4_c_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of C20:4 n-3 cis in g no float  
fa_20_4_c_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of C20:4 n-6 cis in g no float  
fa_20_5_c_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of C20:5 n-3 cis (EPA) in g no float  
fa_20_5_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 20:5 n-3 (epa) in g no float  
fa_21_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of C21:0 in g no float  
fa_21_5_c_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of C21:5 n-3 all-cis in g no float  
fa_22_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 22:0 in mg no float  
fa_22_1 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 22:1 in g no float  
fa_22_1_c quantity per 100 g or ml of C22:1 cis in g no float  
fa_22_1_t quantity per 100 g or ml of C22:1 trans in g no float  
fa_22_2_c_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of C22:2 n-3 cis in g no float  
fa_22_2_c_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of C22:2 n-6 cis in g no float  
fa_22_2_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 22:2 n-6 in mg no float  
fa_22_3_c_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of C22:3 n-3 cis in g no float  
fa_22_3_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 22:3 n-3 in mg no float  
fa_22_4_c_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of C22:4 n-6 cis in g no float  
fa_22_4_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 22:4 n-6 in mg no float  
fa_22_5_c_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of C22:5 n-3 cis (DPA) in g no float  
fa_22_5_c_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of C22:5 n-6 cis in g no float  
fa_22_5_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 22:5 n-3 (dpa) in g no float  
fa_22_6_c_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of C22:6 n-3 cis (DHA) in g no float  
fa_22_6_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 22:6 n-3 (dha) in g no float  
fa_23_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of C23:0 in g no float  
fa_24_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 24:0 in mg no float  
fa_24_1 quantity per 100 g or ml of fa 24:1 in mg no float  
fa_24_1_c quantity per 100 g or ml of C24:1 cis in g no float  
fa_24_1_t quantity per 100 g or ml of C24:1 trans in g no float  
fa_24_2_c_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of C24:2 n-6 ciscis in g no float  
fa_25_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of C25:0 in g no float  
fa_26_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of C26:0 in g no float  
fa_4_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 4:0 in g no float  
fa_6_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 6:0 in g no float  
fa_8_0 quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acid 8:0 in g no float  
fa_unidentified quantity per 100 g or ml of Fatty acid unidentified in g no float  
fat quantity per 100 g or ml of fat, total in g no float  
fatty_acids quantity per 100 g or ml of Fatty acids total in g no float  
fatty_acids_monounsaturated quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acids, monounsaturated in g no float  
fatty_acids_monounsaturated_c_remainder quantity per 100 g or ml of Fatty acids monounsaturated cis remainder in g no float  
fatty_acids_monounsaturated_t_remainder quantity per 100 g or ml of Fatty acids monounsaturated trans remainder in g no float  
fatty_acids_polyunsaturated quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acids, polyunsaturated in g no float  
fatty_acids_polyunsaturated_ct_remainder quantity per 100 g or ml of Fatty acids polyunsaturated c+t remainder in g no float  
fatty_acids_polyunsaturated_n3 quantity per 100 g or ml of Fatty acids n-3 polyunsaturated cis in g no float  
fatty_acids_polyunsaturated_n6 quantity per 100 g or ml of Fatty acids n-6 polyunsaturated cis in g no float  
fatty_acids_saturated quantity per 100 g or ml of fatty acids, saturated in g no float  
fatty_acids_saturated_remainder quantity per 100 g or ml of Fatty acids saturated remainder in g no float  
fatty_acids_trans quantity per 100 g or ml of Fatty acids trans total in g no float  
fiber quantity per 100 g or ml of dietary fibres in g no float  
fluoride quantity per 100 g or ml of fluoride in μg no float  
folate quantity per 100 g or ml of folate in μg no float  
folate_dfe quantity per 100 g or ml of folate, dietary folate equivalents in μg no float  
folate_food quantity per 100 g or ml of folate, food in μg no float  
folic_acid quantity per 100 g or ml of folic acid in μg no float  
fructose quantity per 100 g or ml of fructose in mg no float  
galactose quantity per 100 g or ml of galactose in mg no float  
gamma_tocopherol quantity per 100 g or ml of Gamma-tocopherol in mg no float  
glucose quantity per 100 g or ml of glucose in mg no float  
glutamic_acid quantity per 100 g or ml of glutamic acid in mg no float  
glycerin_and_lipoid quantity per 100 g or ml of glycerin and lipoid in mg no float  
glycin quantity per 100 g or ml of glycin in mg no float  
glycogen quantity per 100 g or ml of glycogen in mg no float  
histidin quantity per 100 g or ml of histidin in mg no float  
iodide quantity per 100 g or ml of iodide (I) in μg no float  
iron quantity per 100 g or ml of iron (Fe) in mg no float  
iron_heme quantity per 100 g or ml of Iron haem in mg no float  
iron_nonheme quantity per 100 g or ml of Iron non-haem in mg no float  
isoleucin quantity per 100 g or ml of isoleucin in mg no float  
lactose quantity per 100 g or ml of lactose in mg no float  
leucin quantity per 100 g or ml of leucin in mg no float  
lignin quantity per 100 g or ml of lignin in mg no float  
long_chained_fatty_acids quantity per 100 g or ml of long chained fatty acids in mg no float  
lutein quantity per 100 g or ml of Lutein in μg no float  
lutein_zeaxanthin quantity per 100 g or ml of lutein + zeaxanthin in μg no float  
lycopene quantity per 100 g or ml of lycopene in μg no float  
lysin quantity per 100 g or ml of lysin in mg no float  
magnesium quantity per 100 g or ml of magnesium (Mg) in mg no float  
maltose quantity per 100 g or ml of maltose in mg no float  
manganese quantity per 100 g or ml of manganese in μg no float  
mannitol quantity per 100 g or ml of mannitol in mg no float  
medium_chained_fatty_acids quantity per 100 g or ml of medium chained fatty acids in mg no float  
methionin quantity per 100 g or ml of methionin in mg no float  
molybdenum quantity per 100 g or ml of Molybdenum in μg no float  
monosaccharide quantity per 100 g or ml of monosaccharide in mg no float  
niacin quantity per 100 g or ml of niacin in mg no float  
nitrate quantity per 100 g or ml of Nitrate in mg no float  
nitrogen quantity per 100 g or ml of Nitrogen total in g no float  
non_essential_amino_acids quantity per 100 g or ml of non essential amino acids in mg no float  
oligosaccharide_non_resorptive quantity per 100 g or ml of oligosaccharide non resorptive in mg no float  
oligosaccharide_resorptive quantity per 100 g or ml of oligosaccharide resorptive in mg no float  
omega_3_fatty_acids quantity per 100 g or ml of omega 3 fatty acids in mg no float  
omega_6_fatty_acids quantity per 100 g or ml of omega 6 fatty acids in mg no float  
organic_acid quantity per 100 g or ml of organic acid in mg no float  
pantothenic_acid quantity per 100 g or ml of pantothenic acid in mg no float  
phenylalanin quantity per 100 g or ml of phenylalanin in mg no float  
phosphorus quantity per 100 g or ml of phosphorus (P) in mg no float  
poly_hexoses quantity per 100 g or ml of poly hexoses in mg no float  
poly_pentoses quantity per 100 g or ml of poly pentoses in mg no float  
poly_uric_acids quantity per 100 g or ml of poly uric acids in mg no float  
polyols quantity per 100 g or ml of Polyols total in g no float  
polysaccharide quantity per 100 g or ml of polysaccharide in mg no float  
potassium quantity per 100 g or ml of potassium (K) in mg no float  
prolin quantity per 100 g or ml of prolin in mg no float  
protein quantity per 100 g or ml of protein in g no float  
protein_animal quantity per 100 g or ml of Protein animal in g no float  
protein_plant quantity per 100 g or ml of Protein plant in g no float  
purin quantity per 100 g or ml of purin in mg no float  
retinol quantity per 100 g or ml of retinol in μg no float  
retinol_activity_equivalent quantity per 100 g or ml of Retinol activity equialents (RAE) in μg no float  
retinol_equivalents quantity per 100 g or ml of Retinol equivalents (RE) in μg no float  
saccharose quantity per 100 g or ml of saccharose in mg no float  
salt quantity per 100 g or ml of salt (NaCl) in g no float  
selenium quantity per 100 g or ml of selenium (Se) in μg no float  
serin quantity per 100 g or ml of serin in mg no float  
short_chained_fatty_acids quantity per 100 g or ml of short chained fatty acids in mg no float  
silica quantity per 100 g or ml of Silica in mg no float  
sodium quantity per 100 g or ml of sodium (Na) in mg no float  
sorbitol quantity per 100 g or ml of sorbitol in mg no float  
starch quantity per 100 g or ml of starch in g no float  
sugar quantity per 100 g or ml of sugars in g no float  
sugar_added quantity per 100 g or ml of Added sugars in g no float  
sugar_alcohol_total quantity per 100 g or ml of sugar alcohol total in mg no float  
sulfate quantity per 100 g or ml of Sulfate in mg no float  
sulfur quantity per 100 g or ml of sulfur in mg no float  
theobromine quantity per 100 g or ml of theobromine in mg no float  
threonin quantity per 100 g or ml of threonin in mg no float  
tryptophan quantity per 100 g or ml of tryptophan in mg no float  
tyrosin quantity per 100 g or ml of tyrosin in mg no float  
uric_acid quantity per 100 g or ml of uric acid in mg no float  
valin quantity per 100 g or ml of valin in mg no float  
vitamin_a_activity quantity per 100 g or ml of vitamin A in μg RAE no float  
vitamin_b1 quantity per 100 g or ml of vitamin B1 (thiamine) in mg no float  
vitamin_b12 quantity per 100 g or ml of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) in μg no float  
vitamin_b12_added quantity per 100 g or ml of vitamin b-12, added in μg no float  
vitamin_b2 quantity per 100 g or ml of vitamin B2 (riboflavin) in mg no float  
vitamin_b3 quantity per 100 g or ml of Vitamin B3 niacin equivalent in μg no float  
vitamin_b6 quantity per 100 g or ml of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) in mg no float  
vitamin_b9 quantity per 100 g or ml of vitamin B9 in μg no float  
vitamin_c quantity per 100 g or ml of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in mg no float  
vitamin_d quantity per 100 g or ml of vitamin D (calciferol) in μg no float  
vitamin_d2 quantity per 100 g or ml of Vitamin D2 in μg no float  
vitamin_d3 quantity per 100 g or ml of Cholecalciferol (Vit D3) in μg no float  
vitamin_d3_25__ quantity per 100 g or ml of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25OHVitD3) in μg no float  
vitamin_e quantity per 100 g or ml of vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) in mg no float  
vitamin_e_activity quantity per 100 g or ml of vitamin E in α-TAE no float  
vitamin_e_added quantity per 100 g or ml of vitamin E, added in mg no float  
vitamin_h quantity per 100 g or ml of Vitamin B7-Biotin (Vitamin H) in μg no float  
vitamin_k quantity per 100 g or ml of Vitamin K total in μg no float  
vitamin_k1 quantity per 100 g or ml of vitamin K (phylloquinone) in μg no float  
vitamin_k2 quantity per 100 g or ml of Vitamin K2 in μg no float  
water quantity per 100 g or ml of water in g no float  
water_insoluble_fibers quantity per 100 g or ml of water insoluble fibers in mg no float  
water_soluble_fibers quantity per 100 g or ml of water soluble fibers in mg no float  
xylitol quantity per 100 g or ml of xylitol in mg no float  
zeaxanthin quantity per 100 g or ml of Zeaxanthin in μg no float  
zinc quantity per 100 g or ml of zinc (Zn) in mg no float