Abstract
The nutritional importance of the nutrients contained in foods and their positive/negative effects on health are evaluated by various methods. In the literature, indexes that evaluate the nutritional properties of foods and diet in general are widely used. Sorting and/or classifying foods according to their nutrient content, forming a nutrient profile and measuring the nutritional properties of foods are gaining importance day by day. Evaluating the nutritional properties of foods in terms of either fatty acids, protein or carbohydrates does not provide a holistic approach. In this review, in order to provide this holistic approach, methods that evaluate the nutritional properties of foods by macro and micro nutrients, defined as index or score in the literature, are examined.