USDA Nutrient Data Set for Retail Beef Cuts Release 2.0 Prepared by Kristine Y. Patterson, Marybeth L. Duvall, Seema Bhagwat, Juliette C. Howe (Ret.) and Joanne M. Holden Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture September 2011 U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center Nutrient Data Laboratory 10300 Baltimore Avenue Building 005, Room 107, BARC – West Beltsville, Maryland 20705 Tel. 301-504-0646, E-mail:
[email protected] Web site: http//www.ars.usda.gov/nutrientdata 1Supported by the United States Department of Agriculture (59-1235-0-0059), the National Institutes of Health (Y1-HV-8116-14, DK55865), and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association on behalf of the Beef Checkoff. Support for this work was also provided by grants from the NIH to the UNC Clinical Research Unit (DK56350) and the Center for Environmental Health (ES10126) Table of Contents Purpose ...................................................................................................................................................1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................1 Methods And Procedures .......................................................................................................................2 Selection of Beef Samples ..................................................................................................................2