Abstract: A system includes one or more software programs which are utilized to automate a process of converting an object in media, such as a recipe on a website, into a component list, such as a recipe list. The component list may be converted to a shopping items list, such as a grocery list. In one example, a recipe website provides recipes. A user selects one or more of the recipes. Software creates a recipe list of recipe items. In one example, this is accomplished by the software reading a recipe presented in the media content. The software automatically converts the one or more selected recipes into one or more shopping lists. The shopping lists may be used by the user to manually obtain and purchase items at a store. Alternatively, the one or more shopping lists may be used as input for an electronic shopping service or a suppliers fulfillment platform.