The Nutrition Program
A great resource for teaching Food & Nutrition
For over 15 years, schools across the UK and around the world have been using the Nutrition Program to support students in the Food & Nutrition and Home Economics GCSEs.
Designed by Jenny Ridgwell, former food teacher and author of many well-loved books and revision guides, the Nutrition Program allows students to experiment with recipes, diets and meals and explore how different ingredients contribute to a diet.
Features include:
- Create a recipe and analyse its nutrition
- Create a food label
- Make a recipe sheet
- Export data for coursework
- Calculate the cost of a recipe
- Create a star profile for sensory analysis, or to explore other characteristics of a recipe
- Experiment with creating a 'healthier version' of your recipe
- Understand the different nutritional needs of people at different ages
- Explore and understand allergens
- Switch between basic list of nutrients, and a comprehensive list of 47 nutrients for each ingredient
With a regularly updated database of 3000 foods, and an easy-to-use system for finding ingredients, The Nutrition Program makes it easy for students to get up and running quickly and start creating and analysing recipes. Once a recipe has been created, it can be added to diets and meals, allowing the student to start building an in-depth understanding of how different foods contribute to overall nutrition in a typical week.
The Nutrition Program is ideal for key stages 3,4 and 5 and has been used successfully to support work towards qualifications under many examination boards, including:
- AQA - GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition
- Edexcel - BTEC Hospitality and Catering
- Eduqas - GCSE Food Preparation and nutrition
- Eduqas - BTEC Food science and nutrition
- Eduqas - BTEC Hospitality and Catering
- Pearson - BTEC Home Cooking
- OCR - GCSE Food preparation and nutrition
- CCEA GCSE Home Economics: Food and Nutrition
- CCEA Entry Level Home Economics
- SCQF Culinary Ability: Food Preparation
- SCQF Professional Cookery
- HNC/HND Food Science and Technology
- HNC Professional Cookery
- National/Higher - Health and Food Technology
- National - Practical Cookery
- WJEC Level 3 Food Science and Nutrition
- WJEC GCSE Food and Nutrition
The Nutrition Program is available to schools and individuals on 12 month subscription plans, with pricing based on how many students you plan to use the program with. Each student gets their own login details to a student account where they can save their work and access it from home and school.
Since 2021, The Nutrition Program has been managed under license from Jenny Ridgwell by Codeface Ltd, a small friendly web development company based in Brighton & Hove. We are passionate about providing great support, and we always respond quickly to any queries.