PRODI

Nutrition software for advisers in clinics and practices

PRODI is a German-language program from Nutri-Science, sold to dietitians and nutrition therapists. The maker calls it comprehensive organizational software for dietary counselling and nutrition therapy in hospitals, practices and pharmacies. Its job is to support meal planning and calculation and to document the advice given, taking over the time-consuming work of building and calculating recipes, daily plans and food diaries.

Calculating and comparing

Foods and their constituents can be looked up quickly, analyzed and compared with one another. Recipes, daily plans, menu plans and food records can be set against recommended intakes, such as the German, Austrian and Swiss reference values. Results come out as tables and pie charts, including the split of nutrients. Version 7.6 adds recipes with preparation and cooking times, a children's food record template modelled on a Freiburg design, calculation of lipase units, and food search that tolerates typing errors by using phonetic matching. Patient information sheets on 42 topics come from a German nutrition information service, and user management can now grant read-only access.

Three editions and the food data

PRODI comes as compact, basis and expert. All three rest on the NutriBase nutrient database and include extracts of the German federal food code, versions 4.0 and 3.02, with about 3,464 foods. The basis and expert editions can be extended to the full federal food code. The expert edition adds a reference work on food composition with more than 800 foods and over 300 constituents, plus access to the American and Australian food composition databases. Every edition carries more than 29,000 product entries from the food industry. Editions differ in how many nutrients they can evaluate, including amino acids, fatty acids, minerals and trace elements, purines and biogenic amines.

Trial, training and upgrades

A free trial version, identical to the full program and valid for four weeks, can be ordered. Students and trainees in nutrition professions can get the compact edition as a reduced-price education version. Upgrade discounts apply to users of the maker's earlier NutriGuide programs, and the company runs regular training courses with practical exercises.

PRODI is German-language nutrition software from Nutri-Science GmbH. Dietitians and nutrition therapists use it to plan meals, calculate recipes and record consultations in clinics, practices and pharmacies.

Features

• Recipe and menu calculation: works out recipes, daily plans, menu plans and food diaries.
• Nutrient analysis: compares foods and ingredients quickly.
• Reference comparison: checks plans against recommended intake values such as the DGE and ÖGE figures.
• Charts and tables: results shown with tables and nutrient-ratio pie charts.
• Documentation: supports records of advisory work.

Who it works with

Nutrition advisers in hospitals, practices and pharmacies.

Key facts

• Publisher: Nutri-Science GmbH.
• Editions: compact, basis and expert.
• Current version shown: 7.6.