Kitchen Inventory

Overview

When you scan or add a product, it lands in your Kitchen Inventory. The list keeps track of how much you have, when things are likely to run out or spoil, and whether an item is a good or risky choice for anyone in your household.

Items arrive here automatically when you finish a shopping trip — see the Shopping Lists Guide and Barcode Scanning Guide.

Reading the List

Items are ordered by what needs you first, so anything about to run out or go bad rises to the top. Each item can show a small badge:

• Restock — you're low, or about due to buy more.
• Use soon — it's close to its expiration date; use it before it spoils.
• Discard — it's past its date; time to throw it out.
• No badge — you're well stocked and it's fresh. Nothing to do.

Each item also shows how much is on hand, and a Last one note when you're down to your final unit. Use the location buttons — Fridge, Freezer, Pantry, Counter — to see just one spot.

Health Flags

An item can show a flag based on your family members' profiles — so you can see at a glance who it's right or wrong for. The flags come straight from each member's allergies and health conditions, so keep those up to date and the flags update on their own.

• Unsafe for [name] — the item has a food this person is allergic to (it lists which one). Don't give it to them.
• High in [nutrient] — best to limit for [name] — the item is high in something that isn't ideal for this person's health condition, like sugar with diabetes or sodium (salt) with high blood pressure. It's fine now and then — just go easy.
• Good for [name] — the item is a helpful choice for this person's health.

A red “unsafe” flag is a hard stop (an allergy). An amber or green flag is a gentle nudge to help you choose — not a rule. Set each member's allergies and health conditions in their profile to turn the flags on.

Nutrition Facts

Open an item's Item Details to see its nutrition — calories, total and saturated fat, sodium, carbs, fiber, sugars, and protein. The label tells you whether the numbers are per serving or per 100 g, so a big sugar number isn't mistaken for a single serving. This comes from the shared product catalog and is read-only here.

Adjusting What You Have

To change how much you have on hand, use the Inventory Adjustment tab (or the Adjust link on an item). Every change is saved with a reason and a timestamp, so in a family everyone can see what changed and when.

Purchase History

The Purchase History tab shows when you last bought an item and how often you tend to buy it. That pattern is what powers the Restock timing — the more you buy over time, the better it learns your rhythm.