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Nutrientbook is a Mac application that provides you with an extensive food database containing all the nutritional information you could ever need. It allows you to search and combine foods and then calculate their complete nutritional value.

The app uses a database of over 14,000 food items, so it’s unlikely you won’t find something. Delicatessen and toppings come in many forms, many with multiple variations.

Nutritional information is equally extensive. It contains all the data you could need, from calories, protein, carbs, and fat to vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, and more. If you can’t find it here, it probably hasn’t been discovered yet.

After searching for something, you can add it to your selection. Once you’ve added multiple ingredients or completed the meal and their quantities, you’ll be able to see their total nutritional content in the right panel.

If you don’t know the amount of each nutrient you need, the app can provide estimates based on general dietary guidelines after you provide some personal information.

What I want is a way to better filter the displayed information. You can filter by nutrient type, but you cannot select the specific columns you want to view. For example, while you might be interested in the total carbohydrate value, you might not want to see the value for each carbohydrate. Columns can be reordered, but changes are not saved between sessions.

Also, the nutrition panel on the right would really benefit from a way to filter the available information, as most users are probably only interested in a handful of values.

Finally, the ability to save food combinations as favorites, rather than just individual items, is extremely helpful for users who tend to use the same recipes or order the same meals frequently.

Nutrientbook is overall a very useful tool with an extensive and reliable food database. What it still needs is more extensive filtering options and a way to save food selections as recipes for easier finding.