Photos & Screenshots Kitchen Companion: grocery management with barcode technology.

When you're ready to use the Kitchen Companion software to organize or print out a shopping list, just bring the scanner to your computer and connect to send the grocery information to your computer -- just like a digital camera. You'll be presented with detailed product information, which can be printed, sorted, or modified as you wish.

Scan, connect, and shop. Simply scan the retail barcodes on your groceries, then connect the included portable scanner to add to your household inventory or shopping list. Kitchen Companion (pictured) has an Internet-enabled database of over 300,000 U.S. grocery items, so typing is kept to a minimum.

Fact: The average grocery store has about 35,000 unique items. (Food Marketing Institute, 2003a)

Scan the way you want to. Use our easy Scan, Connect, Shop system, or take complete control with quantity tracking, scan in/out capabilities, purchasing histories, searchable custom fields, smart lists, powered by an integrated SQL database engine. Ready to shop? Export to Paper (or a PDF), iPod, SplashShopper (Palm), a Bluetooth Cell Phone, Microsoft Excel, or XML. (Sample Shopping List)

Know the contents first. Kitchen Companion has the USDA's National Nutrient Database built-in: use it as a quick, searchable reference of detailed nutritional information with a dynamic, on-screen Nutrition Facts label, or link general or specific nutrition facts to your groceries in one step.

Store your recipes for quick, easy cooking. Kitchen Companion has a special section for recipes -- save your time-tested and recent creations, then view them on screen for easy cooking.