To use the app tap/click to choose the Food Group (FG) first and then a Profile (PR) if desired. You can sort high/low
values by tap/clicking on the heading. The 100gm displays are to allow an equal comparison among foods (e.g.
for shopping) and at times may not reflect daily usage e.g. 100gm of oil or butter is not practical unless cooking
in large organizations. Use the "Household Measures" profiles to reflect actual usage or the 100gm profiles to
compare and find optimum food nutrients for your situation.
You can filter/search foods within a food group and the selection persists as you select other groups or profiles. This allows
you to see different dimensions of the foods or food group e.g. is there a lot of fat, starch, protein, etc.
in them. It can be a great learning tool to discover characteristics of food(s) or food groups. If you examine
the food descriptions, many natural comparisons are possible: cooked vs. raw, salted vs. no salt, fat vs. nofat,
and many more. A counter at the top of the listing shows how many food entries are selected.
A unique filter/search feature is that you can double tap/click a word in the food description in order to filter/search with it.
Double tap/click highlights your selected word, and filters the list of foods for it; if you double tap/click on a blank space in
the food description column, then the full listing of foods is reset.
We use the latest USDA data from their Standard Reference Legacy DataBase April, 2018 with 7,793 foods. No internet connection
is necessary after the app is loaded as all data is self-contained in the app; we will refresh the app when new
data becomes available. Column cells with no value were not populated by the USDA; a nutrient value may or may
not exist.
The app is meant to answer important questions such as how much salt(sodium), sugar, trans fat, or caffeine, for
example, is in comparable foods so you can choose healthier foods; even small improvements over time can yield
great positive results! Our displays reflect some of the latest food concerns such as vitamin D types, fat types,
carb types, and more. Sugar values reflect natural and added sugar.
To change the search field: tap or click on the word and type over it; deleting the search term returns the full
display of the food group. You can use multiple words out of order in the search; for an exact phrase use "";
e.g. to find red vegetables type in " red" with a space in front of red so you don't get items such as prepa(red).
We will soon also have a similar app available for vitamins and minerals.