Issue # 9 of Nu Connexions Nutrition Software News and Reviews
An occasional online newsletter - bringing you noteworthy news about food and nutrition software!
January 3, 2003

ESHA Research Releases The Food Processor SQL: A New Milestone in This Industry Hallmark Software! 

This article written by Steve Kinsley, RD

ESHA Research has recently released an exciting new SQL-based version of their hallmark software, The Food Processor.  ESHA has, for many years, been recognized around the globe for having the "cream of the crop", most accurate and complete nutrient database.  ESHA has earned these accolades through their rigorous nutrient data cross-checking and research-based enhancement, giving professionals the assurance that they are working with trustworthy, high-quality data.  This is something that, based on nutrition software implementation experience, I can say is not always the case with the software of other companies that enhance and add items to USDA nutrient data.  (Indeed, the USDA Human Nutrition Research Labs and other departments would agree with this view of ESHA's data integrity, using ESHA's database themselves for their "behind the scenes" work.)  The Food Processor SQL version takes ESHA's software to new heights of flexibility and intuitive ease of use.

In comparison with the former desktop appearance of The Food Processor, the SQL version has a more up-to-date look and significantly enhanced user-friendliness.  New features to ESHA's Food Processor software (other than their regular nutrient data updates) will be made only to this new SQL version of The Food Processor.

• The software's (closable) side navigation bar makes it easier to work with food items (ingredients), recipes, and people.

• It also recognizes that users view recipes and multi-day/multi-meal personal dietary intake records as special types of "foodlists".

• The database of exercises has also been significantly increased, to nearly 500 activities.

• A significantly enhanced search engine allows users to perform simple, broad-ranging or more sophisticated and/or narrower searches to find the food items they want within the (now) over 29,000 food item and ingredient database.  The search engine is equally as powerful in the sections of the database holding recipe or people data.

• Many aspects of the software can also be customized by the user to suit their preferences, including colour-coding within various parts of the software.

This list of new features is not exhaustive, only touching on major highlights.  There is no question in my mind that this new release of ESHA's hallmark software signals a major revitalization within the nutrition software industry - one that will greatly benefit users of nutrient databases.  Whether you are on the hunt for your first nutrition software package, an existing user of ESHA's world-famous database, or are dissatisfied with the nutrient data integrity or performance of other nutrition software, The Food Processor SQL warrants a close look!

Click here to download a Word document with further screenshots of some of the features of The Food Processor SQL version

First DataBank Announces Release of Nutritionist Pro Version 1.3

Press Release

SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 1, 2002.

First DataBank has announced the release of Nutritionist Pro Version 1.3  This release improves accuracy of nutrition analysis with American College of Sports Medicine Fitness Data.  ACSM fitness data is just one of several new software features.

Click here to read the press release in greater detail.