Software Tool to Identify Products in Alignment with Foodservice Guidelines

Purpose: The objective of this contract is to develop a software tool/computer application to identify food and beverage products that align with foodservice guidelines. Technical issues to be addressed in the proposed work include: (a) Transforming various nutrition guidelines that exists, primarily, in paper format to easily accessible information on the computer. (b) Demonstrating ability to import individual or groups of food items from food databases or other sources (MS Access, MS Excel) to determine if items meet guidelines. (c) Ability to analyze products against several different sets of guidelines or standards simultaneously. (d) Demonstrating ability to assess product costs to determine most affordable products meeting relevant guidelines.