FoodScan has several unique features, making it the choice of professionals and educationalists.

Codes foods by 'type' (cereals, vegetables, fruits, meats, dairy, fatty, sugary foods, alcohol) to overview of diet and easy comparison with the 'Healthy Eating Pyramid'.
Shows nutritional data in list form, ranked by amount in each serve enabling answers to questions such as 'where is the folate in the diet coming from?' or 'which foods produce the most saturated fatty acids?'. Food choices can be printed as a list, sorted in nutrient order or shown as meal summaries.
Powerful Nutrient Finder shows ranked list of all foods providing a defined level of nutrients (e.g. 50% of RDI per standard serve), allowing fast identification of 'rich' nutrient sources. 
Easy-to-use and intuitive interface with fast food searching and a wide range of summary views.
Covers 4,500 foods, 1,300 recipes and 28 nutrients/components.
Collates one or more day's food intake and compares it with personalised nutrient requirements.
User profiles based upon physical activity level, sex, age, height, and weight and offer options for vegetarian/vegan status, pregnancy and lactation. 
Identifies deficiencies or over-consumption; lists vegetarian and non-vegetarian foods that can help in correction.
Shows clearly which foods have provided specific nutrients or components in a daily food intake, allowing users to see clearly where corrective adjustment can be made.
Ability to set individual nutritional goals and analyse results.
Tables and charts reflect daily nutrient intakes compared with RDI's and are compared with the 'Healthy Eating Pyramid' model.
Recipes and company products may be entered to give nutrient totals per 100g or per average serve.
Glycemic Index values provided on a wide range of carbohydrate-containing foods.
Allows assessment of specific fatty acid types in the diet including the Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acid groups. (FoodScan Professional version only)