System for commercial food management
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1. A method for facilitating food service management in a health care facility, said method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a standard set of therapeutic diet types contained in a master diet type database stored in the memory of a computer-based system;
storing a plurality of food recipes in said memory within a recipe database;
obtaining nutritional data on each food item used in said plurality of recipes and storing said data in said memory within a food item database;
evaluating the nutritional content of each food item, wherein said evaluating is performed by a computer processor;
establishing and storing preselected nutritional criteria in said memory;
verifying a nutritional value of each of said plurality of recipes in said recipe database, wherein said verifying is performed by said processor;
assigning, with said processor, various food attributes to said recipes based upon said verified nutritional values in said memory;
shaping menu sets of said recipes for each of said established therapeutic diet types in a menu database in said memory based upon said assigned food attributes, wherein said shaping menus sets is performed by said processor;
providing a remote electronic data link to food service professionals associated with said healthcare facility to access said data;
collecting information from said food service professionals and storing in said memory;
creating menu sets in accordance with said preselected nutritional criteria to said food service professionals, wherein said creating menu sets is performed by said processor;
providing nutritional information associated with said menu sets electronically available to said food service professionals; and
tracking an inventory of food items at said health care facility in said memory.
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Abstract
A system and method for commercial food management. Nutritional information for identified food items is stored on a central server, along with recipes using the food items. Each recipe is assigned a diet type, and using the nutritional information, menus for a requested diet type are prepared.
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1. A method for facilitating food service management in a health care facility, said method comprising the steps of:
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establishing a standard set of therapeutic diet types contained in a master diet type database stored in the memory of a computer-based system; storing a plurality of food recipes in said memory within a recipe database; obtaining nutritional data on each food item used in said plurality of recipes and storing said data in said memory within a food item database; evaluating the nutritional content of each food item, wherein said evaluating is performed by a computer processor; establishing and storing preselected nutritional criteria in said memory; verifying a nutritional value of each of said plurality of recipes in said recipe database, wherein said verifying is performed by said processor; assigning, with said processor, various food attributes to said recipes based upon said verified nutritional values in said memory; shaping menu sets of said recipes for each of said established therapeutic diet types in a menu database in said memory based upon said assigned food attributes, wherein said shaping menus sets is performed by said processor; providing a remote electronic data link to food service professionals associated with said healthcare facility to access said data; collecting information from said food service professionals and storing in said memory; creating menu sets in accordance with said preselected nutritional criteria to said food service professionals, wherein said creating menu sets is performed by said processor; providing nutritional information associated with said menu sets electronically available to said food service professionals; and tracking an inventory of food items at said health care facility in said memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for facilitating food service management in a healthcare facility, said system comprising:
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a data storage device comprising; a master diet type database containing a standard set of therapeutic diet types; a recipe database containing a plurality of food recipes; a food item database containing nutritional data on each food item used in said plurality of recipes; and a menu database containing menu sets shaped for each of said therapeutic diet types; a computer-implemented arrangement adapted to perform a function, the function comprising; obtaining said nutritional data; evaluating a nutritional content of each food item; verifying a nutritional value of each of said plurality of recipes m said recipe database; establishing preselected nutritional criteria; assigning various food attributes to said recipes based upon said verified nutritional values; shaping said menu sets based upon said assigned food attributes of said recipes; collecting information from food service professionals; suggesting menu sets in accordance with said preselected nutritional criteria to said food service professionals; making nutritional information associated with said menu sets available to said food service professionals; and tracking an inventory of food items at said healthcare facility, and; a remote electronic data input and output link, wherein food service professionals associated with said healthcare facility may access the system. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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