Tablas Peruanas de Composición

Instituto Nacional de Salud

About this app

The application "Peruvian Food Composition Tables - TPCA" available for cell phones and tablets is aimed at the general public and professionals who require immediate information on food composition, as well as reference values ​​of consumed preparations classified by socio-economic level in Metropolitan Lima, according to a joint study with the INEI (Strata A, B, C, D and E).

This information can be had for 100 grams of food or preparation and also for the amount of food or preparation that you want to consult.

The Peruvian Food Composition Tables - TPCA, is a publication of the National Institute of Health through the National Center for Food and Nutrition, which presents the nutritional value of natural and processed foods, as well as industrialized ones, that are consumed in Peru. The information contained in it is constantly updated and expanded. The structure of the TPCA responds to internationally agreed criteria and contains the main nutrients that are required for the nutritional evaluation of consumption, the formulation of diets, the preparation of label formats, food education, the development of food policies. and nutrition, among others.