Patent ID: 6953342

Claim:
A hand-held apparatus for providing nutrition content information, the hand-held apparatus comprising: a housing; a computer-readable memory located within the housing and storing a combination of code segments and a database including consumables and related nutrition content information; a processor located within the housing and operable to execute the combination of code segments and access the database to sort the consumables into a plurality of lists corresponding to a health-related concern; an output device incorporated into the housing and operable to display an interactive display screen generated by the combination of code segments, the interactive display screen presenting the lists and a remaining consumption value; and an input device coupled with the processor and operable to allow a user to select a particular consumable from the lists and to enter a target consumption value corresponding to a maximum future intake of one or more nutrients, whereupon the processor determines the remaining consumption value based on the difference between the target consumption value and the related nutrition content information of each selected consumable; and wherein the health-related concern is selected from the group consisting of the following: caloric content, protein content, carbohydrate content, fat content, vitamin content, mineral content, sugar content.