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Nutrient Databases

American Nutrient Database

Canadian Nutrient Database

Overview

These databases are developed from publicly available nutrition information. They are designed to be simple, every day useable programs at an affordable price. It is our hope that they will help you eat healthier and live better.

Both of these programs were developed in collaboration between LICHEN Software and Gail A. McQueen, Professional Home Economist

 

Why Two Nutrition Programs?

  • Food products and hence the data available differs from country to country.
  • Fortification standards and the foods fortified differ between The United States and Canada.
  • Some food products are actually different. Example: All Canadian flour is hard wheat flour suitable for bread and pasta. Americans have both hard and soft wheat flour.
  • Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) is legislated in each country and is different in each country.
  • The American Nutrient Database has a good selection of Indigenous Foods which is not available in the Canadian data.

 

Computer Requirements

We have tried to keep this program open to the widest possible audience. To to this end we have used a modest database engine that suppports a wide variety of platforms. The operating system requirements are:

Windows: Windows 95 through Windows XP. Not rated for Vista ... But it works fine.
Macintosh OS X: Macintosh OSX 10.0.4 and up.
Macintosh Classic: Macintosh Classic System 8.1 and up.
 
Minimum screen resolution is 800 x 600. Windows users at that size turn all task bars and menus off. Windows XP at that size, use classic display mode.