Avocado Nutrition Center

The Avocado
Nutrition Center

A comprehensive collection of avocado nutrition research

Avocado

The avocado is well-loved but little-understood.

That’s why the Avocado Nutrition Center works to grow the world’s scientific understanding of the avocado.

Misinformation will fill the void if the pace of scientific knowledge does not match the pace of the avocado’s growing popularity.

It is more critical than ever to grow a body of sound nutrition research to inform public health. This is increasingly important, as chronic health conditions and infectious diseases become more prevalent and worrisome. Efforts to understand the “good fat” aspect of the avocado were a good start. But now it’s imperative to understand the unprocessed avocado and consider all of its nutrients together as a whole food.

Our goal is to be the premier leader of avocado nutrition research.

We are building the foremost body of credible and comprehensive avocado nutrition health science by supporting research that is beyond reproach.

We…

  • adhere to the highest scientific standards;
  • convene advisory panels to obtain objective guidance on future research;
  • cultivate a pipeline of research through which each project builds upon previous scientific findings;
  • commit resources to projects that contribute meaningfully to the scientific literature and improve public health outcomes;
  • publish study designs before trials begin to improve transparency and contribute to scientific rigor;
  • fund projects in their entirety – regardless of the outcome; and
  • disseminate the research findings to all interested stakeholders.

Guiding Principles

The Hass Avocado Board’s Avocado Nutrition Center strictly adheres to its guiding principles and requires that the leading nutrition scientists and institutions with which it collaborates do the same.

Scientific Integrity

Nutrition scientists will abide by the highest standards of scientific inquiry and ethics to guide research, including generation of rigorous hypotheses, submission and publication of manuscripts to peer-reviewed, open-access journals, and the dissemination of research findings at professional meetings.

Transparent

All sponsored investigators and institutions will disclose the Avocado Nutrition Center as a funding source or sponsor in all publications and presentations. All research will be conducted by leading experts and scientists, and the researchers will ensure communications are based on sound unbiased science and presented within context to avoid misrepresentation. Only data from peer-reviewed scientific publications will be used for communications and educational efforts.

Relevant

All nutrition research must be motivating and pertinent to the target consumer base to support the Hass Avocado Board’s purpose of providing a unique, versatile, nutrition, and flavorful eating experience that contributes to human health, the environment, societal benefits, and economic prosperity.

Value

The Avocado Nutrition Center helps advance the purpose of the Hass Avocado Board, but operates independently of it. Nutrition efforts will support research to discover and validate the role of fresh avocados to improve public health on behalf of the Hass Avocado growers and importers.

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White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

On September 28, 2022, the Biden-Harris administration hosted the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The Conference and accompanying National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health focused on improving nutrition and physical activity and ending hunger and diet-related diseases. The work of the Avocado Nutrition Center (ANC) aligns with the priority strategies of integrating nutrition and health, empowering consumers to make and have access to healthy choices, and enhancing nutrition and food security research.

Read the ANC’s Comments Here