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Canadian Nutrient File, Health Canada (food-nutrition.canada.ca)

Name: Canadian Nutrient File, Health Canada (food-nutrition.canada.ca)
Creator: Canadian Nutrient File, Health Canada (food-nutrition.canada.ca)

Health Canada's Canadian Nutrient File (CNF), the reference food-composition table for Canada: 5,690 foods with up to 152 nutrients per 100 g, Canadian fortification values, serving measures with gram weights, refuse and yield factors, in English or French. Food search by name, the full nutrient record of one food (optionally converted to a chosen measure such as 250ml), the nutrient, nutrient-group and data-source reference lists, the 23 CNF food groups and the search for foods ranked by one nutrient within a food group. Anonymous JSON API of the public CNF web app plus two GET-and-POST pages of the same app for the food-group aware nutrient search. Data: Canadian Nutrient File, Health Canada, Open Government Licence - Canada; the online CNF is the 2015 publication (Health Canada is preparing a CNF 2026 dataset).

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const result = await firecrawl.scrape({
  alexandria: {
    provider: "food-nutrition-canada-ca",
    capability: "foods/search_foods_by_nutrient",
    options: {
      food_group_id: 1,
      limit: 10,
      nutrient_id: 339,
    },
  },
});

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{
  "attribution": "Canadian Nutrient File, Health Canada. Open Government Licence - Canada.",
  "count": 10,
  "food_group": {
    "food_group_id": 1,
    "name": "Dairy and Egg Products"
  },
  "foods": [
    {
      "amount": 3.5,
      "amount_text": "3.5",
      "food_code": 66,
      "food_name": "Milk, dry whole",
      "measure_id": 602916,
      "portion": "amount to make 250ml",
      "report_url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/nutrientReport-rapportAliment?food-aliment-id=66&id=602916",
      "url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/serving-portion?id=66",
      "weight_g": 33.47
    },
    {
      "amount": 3.2,
      "amount_text": "3.2",
      "food_code": 55,
      "food_name": "Eggnog, 7% M.F., Canadian product, 4% to 8% M.F.",
      "measure_id": 44117,
      "portion": "250ml",
      "report_url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/nutrientReport-rapportAliment?food-aliment-id=55&id=44117",
      "url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/serving-portion?id=55",
      "weight_g": 268.38
    },
    {
      "amount": 2.8,
      "amount_text": "2.8",
      "food_code": 5270,
      "food_name": "Chocolate syrup, thin type, 2% M.F. milk added",
      "measure_id": 602488,
      "portion": "250ml",
      "report_url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/nutrientReport-rapportAliment?food-aliment-id=5270&id=602488",
      "url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/serving-portion?id=5270",
      "weight_g": 297.97
    },
    {
      "amount": 2.7,
      "amount_text": "2.7",
      "food_code": 2867,
      "food_name": "Chocolate syrup, thin type, whole milk added",
      "measure_id": 589746,
      "portion": "250ml",
      "report_url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/nutrientReport-rapportAliment?food-aliment-id=2867&id=589746",
      "url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/serving-portion?id=2867",
      "weight_g": 297.97
    },
    {
      "amount": 2.7,
      "amount_text": "2.7",
      "food_code": 140,
      "food_name": "Milk, evaporated, whole, canned, undiluted, 7.8% M.F.",
      "measure_id": 626717,
      "portion": "amount to make 250ml",
      "report_url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/nutrientReport-rapportAliment?food-aliment-id=140&id=626717",
      "url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/serving-portion?id=140",
      "weight_g": 133.14
    },
    {
      "amount": 2.7,
      "amount_text": "2.7",
      "food_code": 153,
      "food_name": "Milk, evaporated, partly skimmed, canned, undiluted, 2% M.F.",
      "measure_id": 626718,
      "portion": "amount to make 250ml",
      "report_url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/nutrientReport-rapportAliment?food-aliment-id=153&id=626718",
      "url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/serving-portion?id=153",
      "weight_g": 133.14
    },
    {
      "amount": 2.7,
      "amount_text": "2.7",
      "food_code": 112,
      "food_name": "Milk, evaporated, skim, canned, undiluted, 0.2% M.F.",
      "measure_id": 626716,
      "portion": "amount to make 250ml",
      "report_url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/nutrientReport-rapportAliment?food-aliment-id=112&id=626716",
      "url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/serving-portion?id=112",
      "weight_g": 133.14
    },
    {
      "amount": 2.6,
      "amount_text": "2.6",
      "food_code": 61,
      "food_name": "Milk, fluid, partly skimmed, 2% M.F.",
      "measure_id": 44127,
      "portion": "250ml",
      "report_url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/nutrientReport-rapportAliment?food-aliment-id=61&id=44127",
      "url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/serving-portion?id=61",
      "weight_g": 257.82
    },
    {
      "amount": 2.6,
      "amount_text": "2.6",
      "food_code": 113,
      "food_name": "Milk, fluid, whole, pasteurized, homogenized, 3.25% M.F.",
      "measure_id": 44223,
      "portion": "250ml",
      "report_url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/nutrientReport-rapportAliment?food-aliment-id=113&id=44223",
      "url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/serving-portion?id=113",
      "weight_g": 257.82
    },
    {
      "amount": 2.6,
      "amount_text": "2.6",
      "food_code": 114,
      "food_name": "Milk, fluid, skim",
      "measure_id": 44224,
      "portion": "250ml",
      "report_url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/nutrientReport-rapportAliment?food-aliment-id=114&id=44224",
      "url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/serving-portion?id=114",
      "weight_g": 258.88
    }
  ],
  "include_trace": false,
  "limit": 10,
  "next_offset": 10,
  "nutrient": {
    "name": "Vitamins: Vitamin D",
    "nutrient_id": 339,
    "unit": "µg"
  },
  "observed_at_ms": 1791942611776,
  "offset": 0,
  "sort": "desc",
  "source_url": "https://food-nutrition.canada.ca/cnf-fce/nutrientSearch-rechercheAliment",
  "total_records": 219
}

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+1Export nutrient claim consistency checkUse when a food exporter or brand selling the same product in the US, Canada, the Netherlands and Australia needs its nutrition panel and claims to hold up against each market's reference food database. Compares the product's stated values with official reference values per country and flags claims that would fail in one market.10 toolsOpen

+1Iron fortification gap scanUse when a food fortification program manager or public health nutritionist decides which staple foods to target for iron fortification. Compares anaemia prevalence across countries from WHO, ranks iron content of common staples in food composition tables from the US, Australia and Canada, and gathers trial evidence, producing a sourced shortlist of vehicles and countries.9 toolsOpen

+2Sugar levy reformulation auditUse when a public-health nutritionist, policy analyst or food campaigner wants to know whether a sugar levy or labelling rule is changing what is on shelves. Samples packaged drinks or snacks in a country, reads each product's sugar per 100 ml or g, compares with reference foods and with the population obesity trend, and reports which brands reformulated.10 toolsOpen

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Quality: 93.3%; Calls answered without a tool error
Speed: 45.5 s; 95% of successful calls finish faster
Cost: 5 credits; Firecrawl credits per call
Calls: 30; Last 24 hours, every Alexandria user

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