Content labeling of food products

• US 20090071857A1
• Filed: 07/11/2008
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ConAgra Foods (Conagra Brands, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ConAgra Foods (Conagra Brands, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bolles, Albert D., Parr, Byron, Schwartz, Terry T., Meckna, Brian R., Woollard, Marc H., Astwood, James D., Groulx, Ian Michael, Packard, Patricia T., Deakin, Lynda A.
• Application Number:
  US12/218,104
• Publication Number:
  US 20090071857A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/459.500
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 23/00 Advertising on or in specific articles, e.g. ashtrays, letter-boxes on or in vehicles G09F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/02 Forms or constructions layered products B32B

Abstract

A food label includes a food product portion providing indicia of a nutritional composition of a food product, with aspects of the indicia being coded to match aspects of a program recommendation portion of the food label.

Claims

1. A food label comprising a food product portion providing indicia of a nutritional composition of a food product, with aspects of the indicia being coded to match aspects of a program recommendation portion of the food label.

2. The label of claim 1, wherein the nutritional composition is a food group composition of the food product.

3. The label of claim 2, wherein the program recommendation portion includes a graphical representation of a food pyramid.

4. The label of claim 3, wherein the food pyramid includes a plurality of sections, with each of the sections representing one food group.

5. The label of claim 4, wherein each of the sections of the food pyramid is color-coded.

6. The label of claim 5, wherein the indicia of the food product portion includes at least one triangle including color-coding to match one of the sections of the food pyramid of the program recommendation portion.

7. The label of claim 6, wherein the graphical representation of the food product portion includes a plurality of triangles, each including color-coding to match one of the sections of the food pyramid of the program recommendation portion.

8. The label of claim 6, wherein the triangle also includes text identifying one food group and a percentage identifying an amount of a daily allowance satisfied by a serving of the food product.

9. The label of claim 6, wherein the food pyramid of the program recommendation portion is positioned adjacent to the triangle of the food product portion.

10. The label of claim 6, wherein the graphical representation of the food product portion includes a plurality of triangles, each including color-coding to match one of the sections of the food pyramid of the program recommendation portion, and wherein the food pyramid of the program recommendation portion is positioned adjacent to the plurality of triangles.

11. A package for a food product, the package comprising:

front and back panels defining a space therebetween sized to receive a food product; and

a label on the front panel, the label including;

a program recommendation portion including a food pyramid defining a plurality of wedge-shaped sections, each of the sections being color-coded to represent one food group of the food pyramid, and each of the sections being sized to be proportional to an amount of food that is recommended to be consumed for a particular food group; and

a food product portion including one or more triangles, each of the triangles being color-coded to match one of the sections of the food pyramid of the program recommendation portion, and wherein each of the triangles includes text identifying one food group and a percentage identifying an amount of a daily amount satisfied by one or more servings of the food product;

wherein the program recommendation portion is positioned adjacent to the food product portion so that the food pyramid of the program recommendation portion and the triangles of the food product portion extend in a row.

12. The package of claim 11, wherein the label further includes an information portion including references to one or more resources having additional program recommendation information or food product content information.

13. The package of claim 12, wherein the information portion is located below the program recommendation portion and the food product portion.

14. A method for creating a food label for a package of a food product, the method comprising:

matching composition of a food product with food groups of a food pyramid;

forming one or more separate triangles for each of the food groups in the food product, the triangles each being color-coded to match one food group of the food pyramid; and

placing the triangles adjacent to the food pyramid to create a food label.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising adding text to each of the triangles to identify one of the food groups and a percentage identifying an amount of a daily amount satisfied by a serving of the food product.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising positioning the triangles to extend in a row adjacent to the food pyramid.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising ordering the triangles to match an order of the food groups in the food pyramid.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising positioning information related to additional program recommendation resources adjacent to the triangles.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising positioning the information below the triangles.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining the food groups included in the food product.