#USDA database to SQLite

Converts the USDA food database to SQLite.

The USDA has a database of nutritional information for many foods available at:

http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=8964

By default it's contained in flat files. This project includes scripts to generate appropriate schema and import them into a SQLite database. I've also hand generated a subset of the nutrients that includes commonly-familiar nutrients vs. the very extensive list provided by the USDA.

You will need to first download the files and unzip them into the data directory. Files for SR27 are included.

Run create_db.sh with the name of output database:

$ ./create_db.sh usda.sql3

On my system it takes about 10 seconds to populate the db.

Some example scripts to query the db are in the example folder. Sample usage:

$ python example/nutrition.py 01001
$ python example/search.py salmon

I recommend using the open source sqlitebrowser to view the database.

Adapted from https://github.com/czarandy/usda for scripts to run on Mac OS X with SR27 release.