From the developer: "Gives carbohydrate info for 6000 foods (useful for Atkins and other diets); also has calorie, protein, fat, sodium, fiber, and other info. Long description of food makes finding the right food in the store easier. Uses latest foods with over 6000 from the USDA data base 2001 release 14. Colorization of table entries makes it very easy to identify high/low data. Colorization makes comparing data among columns easy also. Right Click columns to sort, find, copy, filter, compare. Has two common household measure columns to help you use data effortlessly. Use of statistical techniques to determine food significance."