Modernization of the National Institutes of Health Dietary Supplement Label Database

•The technological updates will make it easier to navigate the DSLD, which contains over 125,000 (current and historic) product labels.•The DSLD features a prominent search bar and a variety of left-hand search features to customize the search results.•Users will have the option to download their cu...

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Published in:Journal of food composition and analysis 2021-09, Vol.102, p.104058, Article 104058
Main Authors: Saldanha, Leila G., Dwyer, Johanna T., Bailen, Richard A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
botanicals
dietary supplement label database
dietary supplements
DSLD
formulations
labels
NIH
NoSQL databases
nutrient intake
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Summary:•The technological updates will make it easier to navigate the DSLD, which contains over 125,000 (current and historic) product labels.•The DSLD features a prominent search bar and a variety of left-hand search features to customize the search results.•Users will have the option to download their customized search in three file formats or the entire database can also be downloaded or shared as JSON files.•The new site will include an improved ingredient categorization system to improve integration with food and drug/medical databases. Launched in 2008, NIH’s DSLD (https://dsld.nlm.nih.gov/dsld/) currently catalogs information printed on over 125,000 (historical and current) labels of dietary supplement products sold in the U.S. The database is maintained and updated continuously, and new versions deployed regularly. The new home page includes a prominent search bar and counter that displays the number of searchable labels in the database. The redesigned website yields near-instantaneous label retrieval, a more attractive layout of information, tailored search filters and download options, and the ability to view data in pictorial formats resulting in a much-improved user experience. The modernization of the DSLD ensures that this NIH resource has new forms of data delivery to meet the needs of App developers and data scientists, and improved performance for users. The DSLD is updated frequently to reflect the products sold in the rapidly evolving U.S. dietary supplement market.
ISSN:0889-1575
1096-0481
DOI:10.1016/j.jfca.2021.104058