UPC Data

[ockham]

Converted from SourceForge issue 1107176, submitted by SourceForge user nobody on 2005-01-22 03:18:19 UTC.

I’ve just started using your product and I was hoping you would consider adding UPC data support in the future. It would be nice to be able to scan a product and have it entered into the database of ingredients and or an inventory of what is in the cupboards so meal planning could be done without having to remember what is in storage.

Linking to the UPC database (http://www.upcdatabase.com/) would also remove the tedious task of having to enter in UPC information oneself.

Great product! Thanks!

[ockham]

Submitted by SourceForge user nobody on 2005-02-04 22:08:33 UTC.

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Another company makes a piece of software called GroceryIP (http://www.codessesoft.com/gipinfo.html). It is both an inventory tracker and recipe program, but sadly they have not created an interface between the two halves (I've asked and they do not intend to either). My thought was if you scan in what is in the pantry you could then query the system with a request for a recipe for say, "a casserole that uses green beans." The system would then consult the database and see what is in the cupboard that corresponds to recipes it currently has, it could then give you options based on what you have the most of that would work with a recipe. It might come back with green bean casserole because it knows you have green beans, cream of mushroom soup, but you need to buy the fried onions. It could list several recipe ideas starting with the one you have the most ingredients for.

An advantage of this system would be less wasted trips to the store to buy ingredients you have hidden in the back of the cupboard, less food waist, and quicker meal planning.

Thanks for your time. And you still have a great program here.

[ockham]

Submitted by SourceForge user thomas_hinkle on 2005-01-26 21:58:28 UTC.

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I don't believe this is likely to be used much. The current "pantry list" system in Gourmet is the best solution I've come up with to the problem of "what-do-I-already-have" when you create a shopping list. I can't imaging anyone actually scanning all of their food into gourmet -- nor do I know what Gourmet would do with the data once it has it.

If you can think of exactly how you'd use it and have a scanner working on your machine, by all means I'd be happy to look at code that implemented this! However, for now I can't envision what Gourmet would do with the data or how I would implement this feature.

[pounamu]

Should this be closed as a wontfix?

[ockham]

I guess so.