| Software
Name |
Government
Sponsored or "National" Databases |
Additional
Food Items |
Additional
Nutrients |
Number
of Nutrients Reported |
| ESHA
Food
Processor
|
USDA
(S.R.14), CNF 2001. |
(Approximately
12000 additional food items.)
|
(Added
by carefully combining data from over 1200
scientific nutrient data sources.) |
165 |
| Food
Quest |
CNF
1997 |
(Product
info about selected sweeteners.)
|
No
(Discrepancies
between CNF data and manufacturers information
on specific products have been corrected.)
|
12 |
| Food
Smart |
USDA
(S.R.14), CNF 2001. |
No
|
No
|
65 |
| FUEL |
USDA
(S.R. released in 1997), CNF 1997. Later
in 2002, USDA S.R. 14 and CNF 2001 will be used
by the software.
Medical
Version (slated for release by end of 2002) will
provide option of supporting additional European
and Latin American food databases.
|
Later
in 2002
|
No
|
120 |
| LeDiet
|
Originally
based on France's CIQUAL
database. |
Food
items progressively added from nutrient
databases of other countries as the web service
is marketed outside France. Other
countries currently include Belgium, Canada,
Switzerland (French), UK, USA (Germany to be
added by end of 2002). |
|
All
nutrients reported by the various national
databases.
|
| Nutritionist
Pro |
USDA
(S.R.14), CNF 2001, CSFII Survey Database,
Alaskan foods, Mexfoods database, Malaysian
foods database.
UK
McCance & Widdowson 5th or 6th edition
coming in 2003.
|
Over
12,000 additional food items. |
|
88
|
| NutriWatch |
CNF
1997.
|
(500
additional food items.)
|
No
|
33
(45 in 2002) |
| SERCA
Synergy |
CNF
and USDA (no release version numbers provided by
vendor) |
Many
manufacturers food products have been added, as
well as over 1000 meal items and over 1000
recipes. |
No
|
Not
reported by vendor. |