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Ever since I created an online tool to make nutrition facts panels for the US, I have received numerous requests to create a similar one for Canada. I took finally the time to create one the last couple of weeks. The first step to make a nutrition facts labelling tool was to find current and…

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Go to Shop’NCook Online How would you like to have a system that allows you to access your recipes and shopping list from all your devices? A system that allows you to plan your meals on a computer, shop with a mobile phone and cook with a tablet, without even noticing that you switched devices?…

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Update June 2015: Creating a nutrition facts label has still become easier with the labeling tool in Shop’NCook Online. Update March 2016: Check also the new Canadian bilingual nutrition facts labelling tool! Important note: If you need to make a compliant label for a food product, make sure to consult the regulations. You need to…

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Having an accurate shopping list that contains exactly what you need to buy is a necessary ingredient to an efficient shopping and an enjoyable cooking time. When you create shopping lists by adding ingredients from recipes, you are bound to have a lot of items you don’t want on your shopping list: – ingredients that…

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Shop’NCook recipe software allows you to compute the nutritional analysis of your recipes. But what do you do when it doesn’t know the nutritional analysis of an ingredients? This tutorial shows how to add nutritional data from the USDA nutrient database for standard reference in a few clicks. This tutorial is also available in pdf…

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The nutrition label maker allows now to add an ingredient list and allergen declaration, as well as an address. Ingredient label The format and content of the ingredient label is regulated by the Code of Federal Regulations Title 21, section 101.4. You have to input the list of ingredients in descending order of weight, separated…

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Shop’NCook Pro users ask me often if they can use the software for food labeling purpose or if they still need to send their food to a lab for analysis. There is no easy answer. The accuracy of the calculated nutritional analysis depends on the type of food you are labeling. Calculating the nutritional analysis…

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This video shows how easy it is to organize your recipes with Shop’NCook, as well as incorporate them in your meal plans and shopping lists effortlessly. With little more effort than copy & paste and a few clicks, you get an accurate nutritional analysis, cost analysis, a meal plan and a corresponding shopping list that…

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Update 01-03-2013: For a more up-to-date tutorial, see the new post on how to add nutritional data to an ingredient from the USDA nutrient database for standard reference. Shop’NCook software comes with about 2000 grocery items, most of them with nutritional data. It is sufficient for many purposes, but does not cover everything. Occasionally, you…

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I have added support for the optional vitamins and minerals in the free nutritional facts labeling tool. In order to add an optional vitamin or mineral, select first the checkbox “Include optional vitamins or minerals” to display the list of optional vitamins and minerals, then select the checkboxes next to the nutrients you want to…