ABSTRACT
Food composition tables are difficult and tedious to prepare, and are one of the weak links in field studies of dietary status, since computed dietary intakes can be no more reliable than the composition tables from which they are computed. Problems common to the preparation of food composition tables relate to compilation of data from diverse sources, often when different methods of analysis are used and sample sizes are small. Notwithstanding these problems, tables of nutrient composition of foods are essential tools in understanding the quality of human food intake. Some data, however limited they may be, are better than no data at all. A compilation of published nutrient values for traditional plant foods of Indigenous Peoples of Canada is given in this chapter to provide further understanding of the nutritional properties of subsistence diets provided from the natural environment. A search of the peer-reviewed literature was conducted over several years.
