Patent ID: 7096221

Claim:
A food information management system, comprising: a food processing plant for producing and shipping food in food packages, each of the food packages comprising an RFID tag storing at least food identification information relating to the food in the food package; a food information center comprising a food database, the food database comprising food information including cooking information classified by the food identification information; read means for reading the food identification information provided on the RFID tags and for sending the food identification information to the food information center; output means for receiving the food information from the food information center; and display means capable of displaying the food information; wherein: when the read means sends the food identification information to the food information center, the food information center retrieves the food information associated with the food identification information, and sends the food information to the output means; the read means and the output means are provided in a cooking device, and the read means and the output means interact with the food information center remotely over a network; and the display means is connected to the output means.