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Data sources and credits

KcalRing’s calorie and nutrition values are based on these public food databases, and its calorie targets and BMI ranges on the published sources listed below. Thank you to the people behind them.

Food data

  • Indian Nutrient Databank (INDB), Anuvaad Solutions, 2024: nutrient values for Indian recipes and foods, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC BY 4.0). anuvaad.org.in
  • USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS 2021-2023, SR Legacy and Foundation Foods): U.S. Department of Agriculture, public domain. fdc.nal.usda.gov
  • Tabela Brasileira de Composição de Alimentos (TACO), 4th edition, NEPA/UNICAMP, 2011: Brazilian foods and dishes, used with citation as the authors permit. nepa.unicamp.br
  • McCance and Widdowson’s The Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset 2021, Public Health England: British foods and dishes. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  • ANSES-CIQUAL French food composition table, 2025, ANSES: French foods and dishes, used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. ciqual.anses.fr
  • Canadian Nutrient File, 2026, Health Canada: Canadian foods and dishes. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, Food Standards Australia New Zealand: Australian foods, used under the Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY). foodstandards.gov.au
  • Comprehensive nutritional compositions of traditional dishes from five Saudi regions, Frontiers in Nutrition, 2025: traditional Saudi and Gulf dishes, used under CC BY 4.0. Read the study
  • Lebanon Food Composition Data: Traditional Dishes, Arabic Sweets and Market Foods, Lebanese University with the World Health Organization, 2021: Levantine dishes and Arabic sweets, used under CC BY 4.0. doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/KU563
  • Clearcals: recipe nutrition for a selection of Indian dishes the databases above don’t cover. clearcals.com

We use the values per 100 g as each source publishes them, rounded to two decimals, for the dishes we selected; dish names are translated into English with their local names kept for search. None of these organisations endorses KcalRing.

Health calculations

KcalRing’s daily calorie target and BMI ranges are based on these published sources:

  • Daily calories: Mifflin MD, St Jeor ST, et al. A new predictive equation for resting energy expenditure in healthy individuals. Am J Clin Nutr. 1990;51(2):241-7. PubMed
  • BMI ranges (overweight from 25, obesity from 30): World Health Organization, Obesity and overweight fact sheet. who.int
  • Lower BMI ranges for Asian populations: WHO Expert Consultation. Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies. Lancet. 2004;363:157-63. PubMed
  • BMI ranges for India (overweight from 23, obesity from 25): Misra A, et al. Consensus statement for diagnosis of obesity, abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome for Asian Indians. J Assoc Physicians India. 2009;57:163-70. PubMed

BMI is shown to adults only and doesn’t account for muscle, age or body type. None of these organisations or authors endorses KcalRing.

A note on accuracy

Nutrition values are averages for typical recipes and portions; your meal may differ. Values are estimates for general wellness, not medical advice.