A FOOD GROUP NUTRITIONAL VALUE CALCULATOR DEVICE AND METHOD

摘要

A food group nutritional value calculator (5) is provided for evaluating specific food items which includes a programmed electronic calculator having the capability of receiving data regarding certain food category specific nutritional facts taken from conventional Nutritional Facts labels on food items and input through the calculator keypad (17). The food item is readily evaluated based on comparison of certain of the inputted nutritional facts with "standards" using a selected one of a plurality of food group specific algorithms for the food item being evaluated. The evaluation is then displayed in a display device of the calculator indicating the advisability of the food item for inclusion, or not, in a person's diet. The display of the calculator can be selectively bilingual.