This summary of features should convince you, there is no better nutrition tracking software! Prices range from $34.95 to $89.95 USD. Even the lower priced Junior version is better than products costin 4 times as much. I prefere the Personal Plus. I has more features, and will track nutrition for up to 10 family members.

1.    Runs on Windows 98, Me, XP, 2000, or NT PC's with 32 Mbytes RAM minimum (64 Mbytes recommended). 50 Mbytes of hard drive space required. A minimum of 800 x 600 pixel monitor resolution is required; 1024 x 768 pixel resolution or more is highly recommended. Sorry, we have no Mac versions.

2.    Support for Palm PDA's. With The NutriCoach recommended software, you can use your Palm PDA to record food and exercise intakes, then HotSync to your Windows PC to generate in-depth reports using The NutriCoach recommended software for Windows.

3.    User-customizable Tool Bar lets you choose from up to 26 Tool Bar Icons. Choose from small, large, XP, or Internet Explorer-style icons, with or without captions. Reconfigure on the fly.

4.    Track and graph Body Fat Percentages as well as Body Weight. View a 3-D graph that shows you your actual weight vs. your target weight, your actual body fat vs. your target body fat, or both your body fat and body weight simultaneously.

5.    The NutriCoach recommended software provides the contents of the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Standard Release 14.

6.    Users can perform global rankings across approximately 30,000 food items. Choose to rank the entire database, particular categories of the nutrient database, or specific subcategories of the database.

7.    The NutriCoach recommended software consumer editions track up to 88 nutrient factors (Personal Plus Edition).

8.    The NutriCoach recommended software provides Food Exchange information and performs Pyramid Analysis for intakes.

9.    The NutriCoach recommended software can generate CSI (Cholesterol to Saturated Fat Index) and Common Ratio Reports.

10.                       The Family member Information Window gives you an instant snapshot of how any family member is doing.

11.                       Store Personal Food Item's (foods you've added to the database) in a tabbed PFI notebook in one of up to 26 PFI Folders (Personal Plus, Clinical, and Network editions). Organize your PFI's by type (i.e., supplements, frequently eaten foods, recipe ingredients, etc.).

12.                       Copy intakes (or parts of intakes) from any family member to the same or different family member (or family members).

13.                       Meal Folders store tabbed Meal notebooks in up to 26 folders. You can now organize your Meals by type (i.e., heart-recovery, weight-loss, body-building, etc.)

14.                       View and print intakes, recipes, and Meal Plans.

15.                       Perform an in-depth recipe analysis.

16.                       Perform an in-depth nutrient intake analysis for any time period, for any combination of meals and snacks, with individual breakouts by day, by meal/snack, and/or by each individual food.

17.                       Perform an in-depth Meal Plan analysis for various time periods.

18.                       Set and track daily exercise and nutrition goals for up to 10 people (Personal Plus Edition) simultaneously and independently.

19.                       Import recipes, personal food items, and Meal Plans.

20.                       Add recipes, personal food items (new food items), meals, and meal plans to The NutriCoach recommended software.

21.                       Data, recipes, personal food items, and meal plans are compatible across all versions of The NutriCoach recommended software nutrition software (except for the Weight Loss Edition).

22.                       Meals - store Meals in a tabbed notebook... store your tabbed Meal notebooks in up to 26 Meal Folders.

23.                       You can resize food name, comment, brand name, and nutrient information columns.

24.                       Use your recipes as ingredients for other recipes.

25.                       Determine the composition of any nutrient intake (sort all intake items based on % content of any nutrient specified) and rank them from low-to-high or from high-to-low.

26.                       Export nutrient data by selecting the columns of data (nutrients) you wish to include.

27.                       Rank (sort) foods from high-to-low or low-to-high based on their values for any nutrient.

28.                       Prepare Meal Plans for family members to use electronically (in any of the versions of The NutriCoach recommended software) or manually in the form of a custom printout they can use to track their intakes, meal-by-meal.

29.                       Copy nutrient intakes from any family member to meal plan day(s).

30.                       Program Info Tracker to record and report on anything.

31.                       Determine the nutrient composition of any recipe.

32.                       Rank (sort) foods from high-to-low or low-to-high based on their values for any nutrient while you are viewing them on-screen by clicking on their column headers. (Clicking again will reverse the sort-sequence.)

33.                       Backup, recipes,Meal Plans, and all other family member information.

34.                       Set User Preferences to customize The NutriCoach recommended software to work the way you prefer.

35.                       Exchange Meal Plans, recipes, and personal food items with other The NutriCoach recommended software users via the Internet, email, or diskette.

36.                       Daily calorie expenditure goals - adjust the default values as desired.

37.                       Harris-Benedict formula is an available option for calculating calorie requirements. (You can tweak this formula if you like.)

38.                       Add, edit, and manage an unlimited number of exercises.

39.                       Organize recipes and personal food items into tabbed notebooks, then add, delete, or rename tabs.

40.                       Updates are free. (Updates are interim releases within the current major release. For instance, version 4.02 4.03, 4.04, etc.)

41.                       Upgrades are approximately half price. (Upgrades are releases from one major version number to the next. For instance, version 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, etc.)

42.                       Recipes prominently display basic nutrient information as well at the PCF ratio.

43.                       Resize columns by dragging the right edge of column headers. The NutriCoach recommended software remembers the settings for you.

44.                       Resequence columns by dragging their column headers left or right.

45.                       No annual subscription fees for continued technical support and updates beyond the first year.

46.                       Display the PCF (Protein-Carbohydrate-Fat) Ratio for all recipes, intakes, and meal plans.

47.                       Log on new family members, delete family members, modify existing family member's goals, change active family members, generate family member reports, etc.

48.                       Calorie expenditures take into consideration not only body weight, but gender, age, resting pulse, and intensity (as measured by perceived exertion or by average in-zone heart rate).

49.                       Recipe Scaling - quickly and conveniently convert your recipe for six to feed, say, 5,231 people.

50.                       Resizable and repositionable nutrient data display.

51.                       Copy a day (or days) from any meal plan to any other meal plan day or days.

52.                       Spell check recipe instructions.

53.                       Program PCF (Protein-Carbohydrate-Fat) Ratio goals for every family member. The NutriCoach recommended software displays the PCF (or CPF, at your option) Ratio for all recipes, intakes, and Meal Plans.

54.                       The NutriCoach recommended software nutrient data is featured in the industry's most popular series of nutritional information books.

55.                       No annual subscription fees to pay.

56.                       No additional charges for any of the features listed here. (Some nutrition packages charge additional fees for certain "modules" that add capability to the basic package.)

57.                       Formulas - select from several formulas to use for calorie expenditure calculations and modify them as desired.

58.                       Access 2,282 menu items from 52 restaurants.

59.                       User Preferences have been expanded; features a six-tabbed notebook interface to accommodate your numerous options.

60.                       Convenient drag-and-drop column headers allow you to resequence the columns of data.

61.                       Track, graph, and report on body chemistry (triglycerides, uric acid) and personal information (doctor, pharmacist).

62.                       Track, graph, and report on measurements (waist, pant size) and miscellaneous items (ovulation, cigarettes, anything you wish to track).

63.                       Create and share meal plans and recipes for any special need (diabetic, vegan), any diet plan (low-fat, high-fiber.)

64.                       Fitness Manager supports Target Heart Rate Training exercises... automatically calculates calorie expenditure for each family member based on in-zone training time (as well as gender, age, and body weight).

65.                       Choose from the English or the Metric system.

66.                       View data in split-screen mode to view two remote areas of nutrient data on-screen simultaneously.

67.                       View data in spreadsheet format; double-click on a food for a single-screen view.

68.                       Select nutrient data rows in the nutrient data display with a simple single-click. (View all nutrient information for a selected item by double-clicking on it.)

69.                       Track and graph intake in terms of % of dietary goals, % of total calories, or in terms of gms, mgs, and mcg.

70.                       This software has the ability to parse intake items into meal and/or snack tabs as you select them and adjust serving sizes.

71.                       The NutriCoach recommended software has multiple open windows for intakes, recipes, nutrient data, search screen, meals, meal plans, etc. The NutriCoach recommended software remembers size and positions for you. The larger your monitor and the higher your screen resolution, the more you can see at once. The NutriCoach recommended software also loves multiple monitors.

72.                       Family member Notes are in Rich Text Format with support for spell-checking, fonts, bold, italics, symbols, bullets, etc.)

73.                       Average Energy Allowance table is used for calculating calorie requirements for children (people under 18 years of age).

74.                       Enter you or a family member's age in years or months.

75.                       Create a shopping list from recipes, intakes, or Meal Plans.

76.                       Ability to view your meals, along with their nutrient values in a spreadsheet view, then rank them from high-to-low based on any nutrient by clicking the column header. (Then reversing the sort by clicking the header again.)

77.                       Meals - add Meals to Meal Plans as Meals or as a listing of individual ingredients.

78.                       Access the nutrition tracking software industry's largest database of brand name foods.

79.                       Locate any food name(or partial food name) by typing it in.

80.                       Locate any brand name (or partial brand name) by typing it in.

81.                       Edit DRI's. (This is necessary since not all the nutrient values for DRI's have been established.)

82.                       Analyze function features "analysis templates" which allow you to conveniently save and recall previous analyses when desired.

83.                       Move multiple columns of nutrient data as desired.

84.                       Recipe Folders - organize your recipes (each with a tabbed notebook) into up to 26 folders (Personal Plus edition). Organize your recipes by type (i.e., low-fat, low-sodium, vegan, weight-loss, etc.)

85.                       Use tabbed notebooks to organize and access recipes, personal food items, and nutrient intakes.

86.                       Recipes - add recipes to other recipes or meals or intakes as recipes (a single entry) or as a listing of the individual ingredients.

87.                       Zoom in and out of the data to show more or fewer rows and columns of data.

88.                       Edit existing meal plans to create completely new ones.

89.                       Create custom meal plans for family members or to exchange with other The NutriCoach recommended software users.

90.                       Stamp all Meal Plans and recipes with your byline (up to 80 characters) before distributing them.

91.                       View and/or print a report containing the foods, serving sizes and nutrients you plan to eat or recommend.

92.                       Display the CPF (Carbohydrate-Protein-Fat) Ratio for all recipe, intakes, and meal plans.

93.                       Access thousands of Research Quality Nutrient Database food items consisting of data from the United States Department of Agriculture Standard Release 14 and the Canadian Nutrient Files. The research quality nutrient database also includes medical nutritionals (enteral and parenteral - oral, tube feed, and nutrient injections).

94.                       The NutriCoach recommended software supports flexible print options for printing data from the screen (print preview, print, copy to clipboard, export, resize, etc.)

95.                       The NutriCoach recommended software will auto-select RDA's (Recommended Daily Alowance) appropriate by gender and age.

96.                       Ability to view your recipes, meals, and personal food items, then rank them on-screen from high-to-low or low-to-high based on the values for any nutrient while you are viewing them in a spreadsheet view.

97.                       The software will auto-record a list of foods that you want to automatically record each time you record any food item for each family member.

98.                       Create, edit, save and retrieve fitness or exercise workouts.

99.                       Recipe - Instructions are in Rich Text Format (spell-checker, fonts, bold, italics, symbols, bullets, etc.)

100.                 Shopping List is in Rich Text Format (spell-checker, fonts, bold, italics, symbols, bullets, etc.)

101.                 Conduct simple or rigorous queries (Boolean AND searches) on the nutrient data.

102.                 Search Icon provides an eight-tabbed notebook interface to search by Food Name, Brand Name, Personal Food Item, Recipe (by name or ingredient), Meal (by name or ingredient) or to view, rank, or query the database.

103.                 Auto-Convert serving sizes and units. The NutriCoach recommended software understands your serving sizes whether you enter them in fractions ("1-2/3", "2 15/16", etc.) or decimals ("1.5", "2.67", etc.)

104.                 Toll Free Technical Support at 877-945-0315 (M-F, 9-5, Arizona time).

105.                 PCF Ratio goals - Adjust the default settings for % calories from Protein, Carbohydrates, and Fat.

106.                 Set "thumbs up" criteria to trigger when family members achieve pre-set daily exercise and/or dietary goals.

107.                 Customize up to five Training Heart Rate Zones (define Zone Name, min and max zone ranges, and primary benefit).

108.                 The NutriCoach recommended software supports an organizational unit called the "Meal". You can organize and store Meals in a tabbed notebook and use them as the modular building blocks for Meal Plans.

109.                 Set alarms to trigger when family members exceed any nutrient limit(s) you program for them.

110.                    Graph results with over a dozen types of 2-D or 3-D charts.