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Slot: component_atwater_carbohydrate_conversion_factor

A float representing the carbohydrate conversion factor used to calculate the available energy of a food when employing the Atwater system or a derivative thereof.

URI: mifc:component_atwater_carbohydrate_conversion_factor Alias: component_atwater_carbohydrate_conversion_factor

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
Component Metadata about components of nutritional interest measured from foods no

Properties

Examples

Value
3.84

Comments

  • The Atwater general factor for carbohydrates is of 4. See the USDA Handbook 74 https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUSERFILES/80400535/DATA/CLASSICS/USDA%20HANDBOOK%2074.PDF for the calculation of energy using Atwater specific factors.

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/FoodDataCentral/mifc

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self mifc:component_atwater_carbohydrate_conversion_factor
native mifc:component_atwater_carbohydrate_conversion_factor

LinkML Source

name: component_atwater_carbohydrate_conversion_factor
description: A float representing the carbohydrate conversion factor used to calculate
  the available energy of a food when employing the Atwater system or a derivative
  thereof.
comments:
- The Atwater general factor for carbohydrates is of 4. See the USDA Handbook 74 https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUSERFILES/80400535/DATA/CLASSICS/USDA%20HANDBOOK%2074.PDF
  for the calculation of energy using Atwater specific factors.
examples:
- value: '3.84'
from_schema: https://w3id.org/FoodDataCentral/mifc
rank: 1000
alias: component_atwater_carbohydrate_conversion_factor
domain_of:
- Component
range: float