If you want topical information from the Institute of Food Technologists, visit their site You can get abstracts from the Journal of Food Science . The African Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences has recently been published on the Internet . If you need a Medical Search Engine look no further than Pubmed . The interface is deceptively simple. If you take the time to read the help menus, you can find anything in the National Library of Medicine database.
Searches are quick.
You can also obtain a large list of RDAs from the National Academy of Sciences. The USDA Nutrient data laboratory is a mine of information, and you can download data sets containing food analyses for your own use. You can search the database online. Also look at the FNIC resource lists , which may be of some use. Ific is the International Food Information Council.