Nutrient content identification method and apparatus

An apparatus comprising:

• a communication unit;
• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the communication unit and the memory and comprising a plurality of instructions which are configured to when executed cause the apparatus to:
• receive, via the communication unit, text information that describes a food recipe, the recipe comprising at least a plurality of ingredients and a respective quantity of each, and one or more instructions to be performed with respect to the ingredients;
• parse the text information to identify relevant food information including a first text portion that corresponds to the plurality of ingredients and a second text portion that corresponds to the respective quantity information;
• identify a match between each of a plurality of ingredients in the first text portion and respective ones of known food ingredients in a database of known ingredients;
• for each of the plurality of ingredients of the first text portion, convert a quantity unit of the food quantity information associated thereto to a quantity unit associated with the known food ingredient information in the database;
• calculate nutrient content information of the recipe, the calculation comprising a determination of a sum of a plurality of products of a nutritional value for each of the plurality of the known ingredients and the known quantity associated therewith;
• and
• enable a user to indicate consumption of at least a portion of the recipe, the indication causing a respective at least portion of the calculated nutrient content information to be entered into a nutrition log.

A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having a plurality of computer executable instructions stored thereon which when executed are operable to:

• receive a plurality of text that describes a recipe;
• parse the plurality of text to identify a first text portion comprising a plurality of ingredients and a second text portion comprising quantity information relating to the plurality of ingredients in the first text portion;
• match the plurality of ingredients in the first text portion to individual ones of a plurality of known ingredients in a database;
• determine whether the quantity information relating to individual ones of the plurality of ingredients comprises a same quantity unit as a quantity unit of the known ingredient to which it is matched in the database;
• when it is determined that the quantity unit of one or more of the plurality of ingredients is not the same, convert the quantity unit of the quantity information in the second text portion relating to the one or more of the plurality of ingredients to the quantity unit of the known ingredient in the database to which the one or more of the plurality of ingredients is matched;
• calculate nutrient content information of the recipe using predetermined nutritional information associated to the known ingredients to which each of the plurality of ingredients is matched and the quantity thereof;
• and
• enable a user to indicate consumption of at least a portion of the recipe, the indication causing a respective at least portion of the calculated nutrient content information to be entered into a nutrition log.