Common Abbreviations Used in the Database

added - add	concentrate - conc	medium - med	serving - svg
added water - add wtr	condensed - cond	microwaved - microwv	shredded - shred
all natural - all nat	container - cntr	moisture - moist	skim milk - skm mlk
as purchased - AP		New Zealand - NZ
artificial - art	cooked - ckd	old fashioned - old fash	skinless - w/o skin
aspartame - asp	cottonseed - cttnsd	ounce - oz	slice - slc
assorted - asstd	covered - cvrd	package - pkg	small - sml
Australia - Austl	cranberry - cran	packet - pkt	smoked - smkd
average - avg	decaffeinated - decaf	partially - part	sodium - sod
baked - bkd	degerminated - degermed	pasteurized - past	steamed - stmd
baking - bkg	dehydrated - dehyd	piece - pce	stewed - stwd
barbecue - bbq	drained - drnd	pineapple - pine	strained - strnd
boiled - ckd	each – ea	powder - pwd	stuffed - stuff
boneless - w/o bone		precooked - preckd	sugar - sug
bottle - btl	enriched - enrich	prepared - prep	sweetened - swtnd
bottled - btld	flavor - flvr	processed - proc	sweetener - swtnr
braised - brsd	flavored - flvrd	protein - prot	tablespoon - tbsp
breaded - brd	flavors - flvrs	ready to bake - rtb	teaspoon - tsp
broiled - brld	Food Chemical Codex - FCC	ready to cook - rtc	textured vegetable pro­tein - TVP
calcium - calc	fortified - fort	ready to drink - rtd	toasted - tstd
California - Calif	from - f/	ready to eat - rte	uncooked - unckd
calorie - cal	frozen - fzn	ready to feed - rtf	unenriched - unenrich
caffeine - caff	high - hi	ready to heat - rth	unflavored - unflvrd
canned - cnd	hydrogenated - hydrog	ready to serve - rts	unfortified - unfort
carton - ctn	imitation - imit	ready to use - rtu	United States Pharmaco­poeia - USP
charbroiled - char	individual - indv	recipe - rec	unpeeled - w/skin
chocolate - choc	individually quick frozen - iqf	reduced - rducd	unprepared - unprep
chopped - chpd	instant - inst	refrigerated - refrig	unsweetened - unswtnd
cholesterol - cholest	international - intl	regular - reg	USDA Commodity - USDA
commercial - cmrcl	junior - jr	rehydrated - rehyd	vacuum - vac
compartment - comp	large - lrg	roasted - rstd	vanilla - van
	measured - meas	saccharin - sacc