"Nutritive Value" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				An indication of the contribution of a food to the nutrient content of the diet. This value depends on the quantity of a food which is digested and absorbed and the amounts of the essential nutrients (protein, fat, carbohydrate, minerals, vitamins) which it contains. This value can be affected by soil and growing conditions, handling and storage, and processing.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D009753 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | G07.610.660 J01.576.423.850.730.750 N06.850.601.750 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Nutritive ValueNutritive ValueNutritive ValuesValue, NutritiveValues, NutritiveAvailability, Nutritional BiologicNutritional Biologic AvailabilityBiologic Availability, NutritionalBiologic Nutritional AvailabilityAvailability, Biologic NutritionalBiological Availability, NutritionalAvailability, Nutritional BiologicalNutritional ValueNutritional ValuesValue, NutritionalValues, NutritionalNutritional AvailabilityAvailability, NutritionalNutritional Availability, BiologicNutritional Availability, BiologicalNutritional Biological AvailabilityAvailability, Biological NutritionalBiological Nutritional AvailabilityNutrition ValueNutrition ValuesValue, NutritionValues, Nutrition
 Nutritional QualityNutritional QualityQuality, NutritionalNutritive QualityQuality, NutritiveNutritional Food QualityFood Quality, NutritionalQuality, Nutritional Food
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
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