Systems, computer readable media, and methods for retrieving information from an encoded food label

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, an image of a food label associated with a set of food items, the food label being encoded with a code that is associated with the set of food items, the code being encoded into the food label via optical elements that are not visible to an unassisted human eye, the image being of sufficient resolution to capture the optical elements, wherein each food item in the set of food items is the same;
• decoding, by the processor, the optical code;
• querying, by the processor, a database for information associated with at least one of the decoded optical code and the set of food items associated with the decoded optical code;
• receiving, by the processor, information regarding the set of food items from the database responsively to the query;
• and
• facilitating, by the processor, provision of the received information to a display device.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• receive, by a processor, an image of a food label affixed to a food item, the food label being encoded with a code that is associated with the food item, the code being encoded into the food label via optical elements that are not visible to an unassisted human eye, the image being of sufficient resolution to capture the optical elements;
• analyze, by the processor, the image to detect the optical elements and determine the code using the detected optical elements;
• generate, by the processor, a query including the code;
• query, by the processor, a database for information regarding the food item that is associated with the code using the generated query;
• receive, by the processor, information from the database responsively to the query;
• and
• facilitate, by the processor, provision of the received information to a display device.