what's in your food?

A neat source from the Agricultural Research Service, the What's in the Food You Eat Search Tool is an engine designed to find out what kind of nutrients. You can search by keyword or food code (kinda sorta like NAICS codes), and it really helps if the term you enter into the search box is exactly how it's used in the database. For example, "hotdog" won't work, but "hot dog" will yield 35 food codes, including number 25210150 (frankfurter or hot dog, cheese filled). So, the next time you find yourself at J Street eating a slice of 58106210 or a 58100140 (hold the guac), you might want to have a looksee to find out what you're really eating.