The Slovak national food composition database: New management system DaRiS

• Food composition database management system (FCDBMS) DaRiS was developed in Slovakia.
• DaRiS is a significant advance for the Slovak food composition database (SFCDB).
• DaRiS was developed to simplify and improve food data documentation in Slovakia and elsewhere.
• The system conforms to EuroFIR requirements and harmonizes with European FCDB.
• DaRiS was disseminated in developing countries to launch food composition activities.

DaRiS, a new food composition database management system (FCDBMS), has been developed for documentation of food composition data in Slovakia. The database organisation conforms to the existing requirements on food composition data structure, notably EuroFIR recommendations. In this first phase, the software is designated solely for collection and storage of original data. The main goal of the system is to create a tool for effective food composition data documentation with respect to source, how acquired, method, relevance and quality. In addition, the system was developed to include the existing Slovak food composition database with its former arrangement. The paper describes the new system which can be easily utilised also internationally.