Processes and Systems Using and Producing Food Healthfulness Data Based on Linear Combinations of Nutrients

A process for producing relative healthfulness data for a selected food, comprising, in a data processing system, receiving a plurality of nutrient data representing amounts of each of a plurality of nutrients in the selected food;

• and in the data processing system, obtaining relative healthfulness data for the selected food based on a linear combination of the plurality of nutrient data.

A process for providing data to a data requester representing healthfulness of a predetermined food relative to one or more other foods, comprising, receiving in a data processing system request data provided by the data requestor requesting relative healthfulness data for a selected food;

• using a processor of the data processing system, obtaining relative healthfulness data representing a relative healthfulness of the selected food, the relative healthfulness data being based on a linear combination of selected nutrient amounts present therein;
• and at least one of (a) communicating the relative healthfulness data to a device for presentation to the consumer, and (b) presenting the relative healthfulness data to the consumer via a presentation device of the data processing system.

A system for providing data to a data requester representing healthfulness of a selected food relative to one or more other foods, comprising, an input operative to receive request data provided by the data requestor requesting relative healthfulness data for a selected food;

• a processor coupled with the input to receive the request data provided by the data requester and configured to obtain relative healthfulness data representing a relative healthfulness of the selected food, the relative healthfulness data being based on a linear combination of selected nutrient amounts present therein;
• and at least one of (a) communications coupled with the processor to receive the relative healthfulness data therefrom and to communicate the relative healthfulness data to a device for presentation to the consumer, and (b) a presentation device coupled with the processor to receive the relative healthfulness data and operative to present the relative healthfulness data to the consumer.

A process for providing meal plan data to a consumer, comprising, receiving request data in a data processing system representing a request for a meal plan from a consumer;

• in response to the request, obtaining meal plan data representing a plurality of predetermined food servings to be consumed by the consumer during a predetermined period, the meal plan data being based on relative healthfulness data for the respective predetermined food servings, the relative healthfulness data being based on a linear combination of selected nutrient amounts present therein;
• and at least one of (a) communicating the meal plan data to a device for presentation to the data requester, and (b) presenting the meal plan data to the data requester via a presentation device of the data processing system.

A system for providing meal plan data to a consumer, comprising, an input operative to receive request data representing a request for a meal plan from the consumer;

• a processor coupled with the input to receive the request data and configured to obtain meal plan data representing a plurality of predetermined food servings to be consumed by the consumer during a predetermined period, the meal plan data being based on relative healthfulness data for each of a plurality of predetermined food servings, the relative healthfulness data being based on a linear combination of selected nutrient amounts present therein;
• and at least one of (a) communications coupled with the processor to receive the meal plan data therefrom and to communicate the meal plan data to a device for presentation to the consumer, and (b) a presentation device coupled with the processor to receive the meal plan data and operative to present the meal plan data to the consumer.

A process for producing a food product having relative healthfulness data associated therewith, comprising, obtaining a food product, supplying at least one of food identification data and food nutrient data of the food product;

• obtaining healthfulness data representing a relative healthfulness of the food product based on its at least one of food identification data and food nutrient data, the healthfulness data for the food product being based on a linear combination of selected nutrient amounts present therein;
• and associating the healthfulness data with the food product.