Development of a reference database for assessing dietary nitrate in vegetables

Scope Nitrate from vegetables improves vascular health with short‐term intake. Whether this translates into improved long‐term health outcomes has yet to be investigated. To enable reliable analysis of nitrate intake from food records, there is a strong need for a comprehensive nitrate content of vegetables database. Methods and results A systematic literature search (1980–2016) was performed using Medline, Agricola and Commonwealth Agricultural...