I just released the first new version of Nutrition Facts in over 5 years. I rewrote the entire application from scratch to allow for easier addition of new features in the future.

Featurewise, there isn’t much new, but over 1000 foods were added and the nutrition label is much more detailed. Perhaps too detailed. Here is a summary:

• Searching is automatic after the 4th character is typed in the search box
• 1000 new food added since last version
• Vastly expanded nutrition label
• Based on the .Net framework, which means you may have to download an update from Microsoft.

The download is almost three times the size of the last version since the database has grown.

I plan on adding features regularly. To get an idea of what I am working on check out this post.

The application is currently missing some features too.

• Fatty acids and amino acids are not displayed.
• Recommended Daily Allowances are not displayed. I am currently implementing this feature.
• Initial search can be slow

Go check it out!

Let me give a brief history. I bit off more than I could chew and attempted to design a state of the art “Nutrition Facts”, which left me endlessly programming in circles. Eventually programming became so tedious I simply stopped.

Currently, I do have a simplified version of Nutrition Facts that is 75% done, but development of that is on hold. I also have a web version that I am actively working on. I won’t promise a date or even attempt a prediction, since as you can see, history will prove me unworthy of such. Just stay tunned and join the mailing list and I will notify you when the Online Nutrition Facts is available.

I will be posting articles regarding the development of the new online NutritionFacts, so check out MichaelSilver.us for more technical and timely updates.

Also, if you previously signed up for the mailing list, please do so again. The email addresses were lost due to a hard drive failure in my web server. I am still going through backups, but it is doubtful I will recover them.

The web site has also been cleaned up, fixing dead email links and removing older content.

I have been putting some time into Nutrition Facts and an initial release of version 1 is upcoming. It won’t have all features active but it is a base from which I can role out new features easily. Stay tuned.

In order to allow for a variety of upcoming software I have expanded the site.  Nutrition Facts is still available, and I am (still) working on a new release.  Unfortunately my job has kept me quite busy.

In addition to a new release of Nutrition Facts, several new applications are on the way.  For a brief preview of what’s coming click on Software to the left.