What is the U.S. Food Supply?
A. The U.S. Food Supply is a historical data series, beginning with 1909, on the amounts of nutrients per capita per day in food available for consumption. Per capita estimates are made for energy and the energy–yielding nutrients-protein, carbohydrate, and fat–as well as for total saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids, cholesterol, dietary fiber, 10 vitamins, and 9 minerals.
