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One of the questions prospective purchasers ask most often is, "How does FoodWorks compare with the other nutrient analysis software packages on the market."  To help you find the software that is best for you, we visited the Food Professor website and read their feature list, technical requirements, and pricing to create this comparison.  Please be aware that this is not an exhaustive list of either program's features, but instead reflects the features prospective purchasers report as being important in their decision-making process.

Items marked in red indicate differences from FoodWorks.  We hope you find this information to be helpful.

 

 

 

 

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FoodWorks

Food Processor SQL

Features

Foods in the database

   Including USDA Standard Reference

   Including Canadian Nutrient File
Intuitive user interface

Diet analysis and recipe planning

Recipe and menu development

Free companion tool for clients

Add unlimited foods to the database
Nutrition Facts Label
Spreadsheet Report
Bar Graph
Single nutrient
Pyramid
Dietary analysis
Recipe planning
Customized recommendations
Exercise tracking
Calories and fats report
Priority support
Serving or batch size recipe scaling
Import/export of data
Ingredient cost entry
Yield Calculations
Weight loss/gain feature
Add a new ingredient or food
Multi-day diet recall
Exercise activity analysis
Food names with product/manufacturer
Advanced food name searches
Create new food lists based on existing food lists
 

Technical requirements

Processor type and speed
Minimum RAM requirement
Support for Windows 2000 (SP4), or XP (Home or

  Professional - SP 2) or Windows Server 2000 (SP4)

  Windows Server 2003 (SP1) or Vista (all editions)
.NET Framework 2.0 from Microsoft
Support for Windows 95, 98, ME, or NT
Hard Disk space required
Internet Explorer 6.01 or higher


Pricing
Single User

Priority Support


Additional LAN Stations (each)

 

Upgrades

Import/export utility
 

Basic price difference

 

31,000+

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

FoodMate

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No*

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Included

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

220 characters

Yes

Yes

 

 

No minimum

No minimum

 

 

Yes

Not required

Yes

77 megabytes

Not required

 

 

$199.95

Included

 

$50.00

  (free after 6)

$49.95

Included

 

$499.05 less

 

35,000+

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Food Prodigy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Extra cost option

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

60 characters

Yes

Yes

 

 

Pentium 4 (2 Ghz)

512 megabytes

 

 

Yes

Required

No

350 megabytes

Required

 

 

$699.00

1 yr free, then

   annual charge.

$150.00 (no free

  threshold stated)

Not stated

$1,175.00

 

$499.05 more

 

* The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference does not include a comparative serving cross-reference for "My Pyramid" servings.