Tips for using the 40 character food names

New Naming Conventions – Winter 2004

 

The 40 character food names have been reviewed and revised! They are now easier to read and understand. Please make a note of these new features to help you understand how to navigate them:

1. A set of standard abbreviations has been incorporated into the naming. These abbreviations are listed on our web site at http://www.esha.com/60charabbrev .

2. All manufacturer items now have a three-letter manufacturer code. These codes are sometimes followed by a two-letter product code, which represents a brand name or product line. They will always be found at the end of the name and are all capital letters.
   

   Example: Phish Food *Frozen Yogurt* UNI-BJ

   Manufacturer UNI = Unilever Bestfoods, NA

   Product Line/Brand BJ = Ben & Jerry’s

    

   The complete list of codes can be found in the program help for convenient reference, and are also listed on our web site at http://download.esha.com/docs/manucodes.pdf.

    

3. Within the program, you can request a list of food items from a specific manufacturer by entering the code followed by a period from the search screen.
   Example: UNI.
4. The complete manufacturer’s code and product code followed by a period may be used in a search to bring up a list of foods made under a brand name.
   Example: UNI-BJ.

However, it is important to remember that searching for a product code without the mfg code can bring up multiple brands from multiple manufacturers.

Example: If you type in “–AL” you could bring up:

 

 

Tips for finding specific foods:

• Brands that market less than five foods do not have product codes. In those instances the brand name will be spelled out at the beginning of the food name.
• Enter “supplement” to retrieve a list of all supplemental foods.
• Enter “formula” to retrieve a list of all formula foods.
• Foods that have the abbreviation FS at the start of the name are Food Service items used in commercial kitchens or cafeterias.
• Foods that have INTL at the end of the food name are from an international data source.
• When searching for a food, it is better to type as few letters as possible in the search box. Due to space constraints, many names have abbreviations, and these items will not come up as an option if you have the longer spelling as the key word.

Examples: -Type vit to bring up all versions of the word vitamin

-Type tom to bring up all versions of the word tomato