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Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) ​

The Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) publishes the authoritative Swedish Food Composition Database (Livsmedelsdatabasen). It contains nutritional values for approximately 2,600 foods and over 50 nutrients per item, reflecting typical foods consumed in Sweden.

SparkyFitness provides native support for Livsmedelsverket with both live on-demand search and high-speed offline bulk catalog import.

Features ​

  • Zero Configuration: Enabled globally as a default provider with no API keys, accounts, or credentials required.
  • Bilingual Support: Search and import items in Swedish (Svenska) (sprak=1) or English (sprak=2).
  • EuroFIR Nutrient Standards: Mapped directly from official EuroFIR codes (Energy in kcal and kJ, Protein, Fat, Saturated/Polyunsaturated/Monounsaturated Fatty Acids, Carbohydrates, Fiber, Sugars, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Iron, Vitamins A, C, D, etc.).
  • Standard 100g Reference Basis: Base profiles reference 100g edible portions.
  • Bulk Catalog Import & Sync: Instance administrators can import the complete catalog into their personal food library for instant offline access.
  • Safe Library Purge: A dedicated purge option lets you delete all Livsmedelsverket items from your library at any time without deleting your past food diary history.

Default Provider Availability ​

The Swedish Food Agency is included as a default global provider on every SparkyFitness instance. All users can immediately search and log Swedish foods from both the Web and Mobile apps without any configuration.

Administrators can view and manage the provider under Settings → Food & Exercise Data Providers.

Using Livsmedelsverket ​

Once the provider is active, Swedish Food Agency results stream in automatically when you search for foods:

  • Web: Appears under the Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) section in the food search dialog, or when selecting the provider filter.
  • Mobile: Select Swedish Food Agency from the online provider filter on the food search screen.

Bulk Catalog Import ​

Instance administrators can import the database into their food library:

  1. Navigate to Settings → Food & Exercise Data Providers.
  2. Locate the Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) provider card.
  3. Click Bulk Import / Sync.
  4. Choose your preferred language:
    • Svenska (Swedish): Official Swedish food names and nutrient labels.
    • English: Translated names and nutrient descriptions.
  5. Select the Sync Mode:
    • Library foods only (recommended): Inserts and updates items in your personal food library. Past diary entries are preserved untouched.
    • Library foods and refresh past diary entries: Also recalculates existing food diary entries logged from Livsmedelsverket foods.
  6. Click Start Import. The background worker will stream the catalog in batches with real-time progress.

Clearing / Purging the Library ​

To remove imported Swedish Food Agency items from your library:

  1. Open the bulk import dialog by clicking Bulk Import / Sync.
  2. Click Purge Library Foods.
  3. Confirm the deletion. All library items from Livsmedelsverket will be deleted while keeping past food diary entries intact.

Licensing and Attribution ​

The Swedish Food Composition Database is published by the Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Released under the GPL-3.0 License.

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