JP2007011440A - System for supporting provision of food ready for allergy - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To safely produce and provide food ready for an allergy from which a specified allergy substance is removed according to the demand of an individual allergy-developed person. <P>SOLUTION: This system comprises a server accessible from a terminal of a user through the Internet. The server comprises a production terminal arranged in a producing facility exclusive for food ready for an allergy including a plurality of cookware groups and a production management system managing production of the food. The production management system collates allergy data of the user who orders food ready for an allergy with production history data divided by cookware groups to retrieve an allergy substance which is possibly included in the ordered food in the production process, and returns the retrieval result to the terminal. The production management system further retrieves an appropriate cookware group so that the allergy substance to be removed is not included at the time of production and outputs the retrieval result to the production terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an allergy-compatible food provision support system that supports manufacturing and providing allergy-compatible foods.

  In recent years, the number of allergic patients who react to specific allergens such as eggs and buckwheat in foods has increased rapidly. Some of them cause anaphylaxis symptoms in a trace amount and may be life-threatening, so securing foods and daily cooking are a heavy burden in families and schools with allergic patients. Therefore, various systems for food allergy using the Internet have been proposed in order to reduce such a burden as much as possible (Patent Documents 1 to 3).

JP 2002-150053 A (paragraph numbers 0022 to 0029, FIGS. 3 and 4) JP 2004-220172 A (FIG. 1) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-16191 (paragraph numbers 0016 to 0023)

  Although it would be very effective if this type of system could be realized, when the applicant examined the practical application of such a system, it was found that there were various problems.

  One of them is that foods and foods corresponding to allergies are limited, and it is difficult to satisfy individual allergic patients simply by providing existing foods and foods. In other words, many allergic individuals are afflicted by multiple allergens alone, for example, some people are not good at “wheat”, and others are not good at “chicken” or “eggs”. As a result, foods with a large amount of food such as stew cannot be eaten by allergy sufferers who have other harmful substances, even if there are foods from which only “wheat” has been removed as an allergen. Although it is possible to remove all allergens, the types of food are limited and it is not delicious. For this reason, in order to satisfy many allergic patients, the present applicant has thought that it is necessary to provide a dedicated manufacturing facility to deal with each individual who develops allergies.

  However, when a dedicated manufacturing facility is provided, it is necessary to carry out manufacturing management more thoroughly than before. For example, even when food is produced with ingredients that do not contain “soba”, foods that contain “soba” are produced before the production and allergies are caused by the presence of slightly adhered residues on cooking utensils. This is because there is a risk of developing it. In particular, since it is premised on low-mix, low-volume production, man-made disasters are likely to occur due to misuse of ingredients and cooking utensils, and simple and reliable production management that can effectively prevent residue contamination and man-made disasters is required.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to realize an allergy-responsive food provision support system that can provide a wide variety of allergy-responsive foods according to the demands of individual allergic patients. An object of the present invention is to provide a support system for providing an allergy-compatible food that can be used with peace of mind by a user, which can prevent residue contamination and human injury during the production of the allergy-compatible food.

  The present invention provides a support system for providing foods for allergies that includes a server that can be accessed from the user's terminal via the Internet, and that supports the manufacture and provision of foods for allergy based on ordering instructions from each terminal. Therefore, the server is provided with a manufacturing terminal arranged in a manufacturing facility for manufacturing allergic foods and a manufacturing management system for managing the production of allergic foods. The “allergy-friendly food” here refers to food from which specific allergens have been removed.

  Specifically, the server stores in advance a food database that stores food data including information on allergens contained in the food, a food database that stores food data including the type and amount of food used, and a user in advance. Receives allergy database that contains allergic data including information on allergens to be removed and dish search information sent from the user's terminal, automatically searches for allergic foods, and displays the search results A food retrieval system for replying and an ordering system for receiving an ordering instruction for allergic foods transmitted from a user terminal and outputting manufacturing instruction information to the manufacturing terminal are provided. The food search system has a dish search means for searching for foods that do not contain allergens to be removed by comparing the dish data, food material data, and allergy data based on the dish search information.

  The manufacturing facility includes a plurality of cookware groups, and the server includes a manufacturing history database that stores manufacturing history data of foods for allergy. The manufacturing history data is classified according to the cooking utensil group, and the classified manufacturing history data includes food material data used in the cooking utensil group. The manufacturing management system can receive search instructions sent from the user's terminal, check the allergy data of the user who ordered allergic foods against the manufacturing history data, and mix it with the ordered allergic foods during the manufacturing process. It is possible to have an allergy information search means for searching for allergic substances having a characteristic and returning the search results.

  The manufacturing management system checks the allergy data of the user who ordered allergic foods against the manufacturing history data, searches for an appropriate cooking utensil group so that allergens that should be removed at the time of manufacture are not mixed, and the search result is the manufacturing terminal. It is also possible to have cooking utensil retrieval means for outputting to

  In the present invention, since a dedicated manufacturing facility for manufacturing allergy-compatible foods is provided, allergy-compatible foods can be provided according to individual user requirements. For example, it becomes possible to provide a wide variety of foods to allergic individuals who have had limited foods to eat because it is necessary to remove a plurality of allergens. By providing a production management system that manages the production of allergic foods, allergic substances can be managed consistently from the raw material to the final product, including the manufacturing stage, and safety can be further improved.

  If the server connected to the Internet is equipped with a food search system that can automatically search for allergic foods and an ordering system that can place orders for allergic foods that are searched, each user can simply operate their own terminal. You can search for and order allergic foods you need.

  In order to surely prevent contamination with allergens during production, it is necessary to completely purify the cooking utensils used. However, if the cooking utensils are completely purified every time they are manufactured, it takes time and cannot be handled in large quantities and small quantities. Therefore, the manufacturing facility of the present invention is provided with a plurality of cooking utensil groups and appropriately exchanged so that the frequency of complete purification is reduced. In addition, the server has a manufacturing history database that stores manufacturing history data divided for each cooking utensil group, and each cooking utensil group includes food data used in that cooking utensil group. It is possible to identify whether allergens were included. Users who have ordered allergic foods are searched for allergens that may be mixed during the manufacturing process of allergic foods, and the search results are returned to the user. You can know allergens that may be contained in, and get a sense of security.

  If there is a cooking utensil search means that searches for and outputs an appropriate set of cooking utensils so that there is no contamination with allergens that should be removed at the time of manufacture, the person in charge of production will make an appropriate set of cooking utensils prior to the production of allergic food And can prevent human accidents due to incorrect selection of cooking utensils.

  FIG. 1 shows an outline of a support system for providing foods for allergy according to the present invention. Such a system includes a server 3 accessible from an individual user terminal 2 via the Internet 1. The server 3 includes a manufacturing terminal 5 disposed in a manufacturing facility that manufactures foods for allergy, both of which are connected in a closed manner via the Internet 1.

  As the manufacturing facility, a general food manufacturing facility equipped with a kitchen can be used. However, since it is exclusively for allergic foods, kitchen utensils such as knives, cutting boards, and pans are not shared. A plurality of cooking utensil groups in which each set of cooking utensils is set is provided. Each cooking utensil group is provided with a unified symbol or color, for example, so that it can be identified at a glance. The manufacturing facility is equipped with a freezer, and the manufactured food is stored frozen in a container or pouch. As the refrigeration apparatus, a quick freezing apparatus for freezing under supercooling using magnetic force is suitable. In this case, the cooked food can be delivered to the user while remaining fresh.

  An outline of the configuration of the server 3 is shown in the block diagram of FIG. The server includes four databases: food database, cooking database, allergy database, and manufacturing history database. The food search system automatically searches for allergic foods, the ordering system for ordering allergic foods, and allergic foods ordered. Three information processing systems of a manufacturing management system for managing manufacturing of

  The food database is composed of a plurality of tables classified into cereals and meats, and food data with identification numbers assigned to the tables are stored. Each food material data is composed of basic data composed of component names such as food names, calories and salt content, and allergen data indicating whether or not a predetermined allergen is included. Different allergens contained in the same food are distinguished by identification numbers.

FIG. 3 shows an allergy substance data input screen for the system administrator. In this case, whether or not the food contains the allergen is determined by the presence or absence of a check box mark. Allergens correspond to the items listed in the labeling system of the Food Sanitation Law Enforcement Regulations, and 25 items are listed here. For example, in the foodstuff with the identification number “01013” “Soba Genju domestically produced ordinary”, the numerical value on the left side of the figure indicates basic data such as Kcal per 100 g and the number of grams of protein. Since “Soba” is included as an allergic substance, a check mark indicating “Soba” is entered in the check box.

  The dish database stores dish data to which an identification number is assigned for each item. In addition to the identification number and name, the cooking data includes cooking search information that shows cooking characteristics such as cooking classification and cooking classification, recipe information that explains how to make dishes, and information on ingredients used in the cooking. Including.

  FIG. 4 is a cooking data input screen for the system administrator. In the cooking data there, for example, Western food is selected from among Japanese and Western foods as a cooking category, and “boiled and fried” is selected as cooking classification. Recipe information is input as text data. The food material information is composed of a group of food material data including an identification number, a food material name, a quantity and the like common to the food material data.

  The allergy database stores allergy data input in advance by individual users. The allergy data has the same data structure as the food material data, and includes personal information such as ID numbers and names, and removed allergen data in which the allergens to be removed are specified by the user's selection from among 25 allergens. Consists of.

  In the manufacturing history database, manufacturing history data of allergic foods is stored on a daily basis. FIG. 5 shows an outline of manufacturing history data displayed on the manufacturing terminal, in which a manufacturing history table 6 in which food data used in each cooking utensil group is recorded for each number of times of manufacture, It consists of an allergen history table 7 that cumulatively displays allergens contained in the ingredients used in the cooking utensil group. For example, in the case of “apparatus a”, ingredients containing allergic substances “egg, milk, wheat, beef” are used twice, so that black circles are cumulatively displayed in each check box.

  Next, the processing of the allergy-friendly food provision support system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Member Registration) The user accesses the server 3 from each terminal 2 and registers as a member in advance. FIG. 7 shows a part of the input screen. There, 25 items of allergic substances are displayed along with check boxes, and the user inputs a mark in the check box to identify allergic substances to be removed. The obtained removed allergen data is transmitted to the server 3 together with the user's personal information separately input, and stored in the allergy database as the user's allergy data. Once the removed allergen data is input, it is automatically recognized by the server 3 at the time of access.

(Search for Allergic Food) FIG. 8 is an input screen of the food search system displayed on the user terminal 2. The user who has registered as a member accesses the server 3 and selects, for example, preferable conditions from each item of cooking search information common to cooking data such as the main ingredients of cooking and cooking methods displayed on the input screen, By transmitting to the server 3 after the input, it is possible to search for foods that are suitable for allergies.

  Specifically, when the input dish search information is transmitted to the server 3, the dish search means collates the user's allergy data with the ingredient data, and removes the ingredient data previously input by the user. The food material data that does not contain allergens is retrieved, and a food material data table is temporarily created using only the retrieved food material data. Next, the ingredient data table and the ingredient data of the dish data are collated, and from the dish data, all the ingredient data included in the dish data is searched for the dish data in the ingredient data table, and only the found dish data is searched. Create a dish data table temporarily. Then, the dish data table and the dish search information are collated, and the dish data satisfying all the dish search information is searched from the dish data table. Search results are immediately returned to the user's terminal and displayed, for example, as shown in FIG. Clicking on a searched dish name displays detailed information about the allergy-compatible food such as the name of the recipe, the ingredients used, the amount used, and the component value. Each created table is retained while the user is accessing it. Therefore, when the user repeatedly searches for food, the second and subsequent searches for allergic foods use the retained tables for information processing. Done.

(Ordering of allergic foods) The user selects allergic foods desired to be purchased from the searched dishes, and sends an ordering instruction for instructing ordering of the allergic foods from the terminal 2 to the server 3. The server 3 that has received the ordering instruction outputs manufacturing instruction information for instructing the manufacture of the allergic food to the manufacturing terminal 5.

(Manufacture of allergic foods) In the production instruction information, a cooking utensil group suitable for manufacturing the allergic foods is shown together with food material data and cooking data of the allergic foods ordered. An appropriate cookware group is selected by the cookware search means. Specifically, the cooking utensil search means collates the allergy data of the user who ordered allergic foods from each cooking utensil group with the manufacturing history data, and in the ingredients used in the cooking up to that date. Search for utensils that do not contain allergens to be removed.

  The person in charge of the manufacture uses the indicated appropriate cooking utensil group and manufactures the food for allergy according to the manufacturing instruction information. After production, the person in charge of production cleans the cooking utensil group by a normal method, and inputs the production history data of the allergic food produced from the production terminal. The input manufacturing history data is stored in the manufacturing history database. The manufacturing management system has a function of resetting the manufacturing history data of each cooking utensil group, and when the cooking utensil group is completely purified, the manufacturing history data of the cooking utensil group can be reset.

(Delivery of allergic foods) The manufactured allergic foods are delivered to the user who placed the order by means such as home delivery.

(Search for allergy information) Users who have ordered allergic foods, in addition to allergens removed from ordered allergic foods and allergic substances contained in ordered allergic foods, by sending search instructions from terminal 2 And you can know allergens that may be mixed in during the manufacturing process. That is, the server 3 that has received the search instruction from the user collates the allergy data of the user with the manufacturing history data by the allergy information search means of the manufacturing management system, and the cookware group that manufactured the allergy-compatible food product Search for 25 allergens contained in the ingredients used in the manufacturing process. The search result is returned to the user terminal 2 and displayed. FIG. 9 shows an example of the search result display screen. In the 25 displayed allergens, “soba” specified as an allergen to be removed is indicated by a white circle, and “egg, milk” of the allergen contained in the food for allergic foods is indicated by a black circle. A black triangle is shown for “how much beef” of the allergen contained in the ingredients used in the production of the cooking utensil group that produced the allergic food. The user can know the detailed information about allergic substances from the raw materials to the final product, and can eat the ordered allergic foods with peace of mind.

  Allergic foods include not only fully cooked foods but also semi-cooked foods. The server 3 and the manufacturing terminal 5 may be configured integrally.

It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the provision support system of the foodstuff for allergy. It is a block diagram which shows the outline | summary of a structure of a server. It is a figure which shows the input screen of allergic substance data. It is a figure which shows the input screen of cooking data. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of manufacture log | history data. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the provision support system of an allergy response food. It is a figure which shows a part of input screen of member registration. It is a figure which shows the input screen of a food search system. It is a figure which shows an example of the search result by an allergy information search means.

Explanation of symbols

1 Internet 2 Terminal 3 Server 5 Manufacturing Terminal

Claims (4)

A server that can be accessed from the user's terminal via the Internet,
An allergy-ready food supply support system that supports manufacturing and providing allergy-ready food based on ordering instructions from each terminal,
The server
A manufacturing terminal located in a manufacturing facility that manufactures foods for allergies,
A support system for providing foods for allergies, comprising a production management system for managing the production of foods for allergies. The server
A food database that stores food data including information on allergens contained in the food,
A cooking database that stores cooking data including the type and amount of ingredients used;
An allergy database in which allergy data including information on allergens to be removed that are input in advance by the user is stored;
A food search system that receives dish search information sent from the user's terminal, automatically searches for allergy-friendly foods, and returns search results;
An ordering system that receives an ordering instruction for allergic foods sent from a user's terminal and outputs manufacturing instruction information to the manufacturing terminal;
Food search system
2. The food for allergy according to claim 1, further comprising: a food search means for searching for food that does not contain allergens to be removed by comparing the food data, the food data, and the allergy data based on the food search information. Providing support system. The production facility is equipped with multiple cookware groups,
The server has a manufacturing history database that stores manufacturing history data for allergic foods,
Production history data is divided by cooking utensil group, and the divided manufacturing history data includes food data used in the cooking utensil group,
The manufacturing management system can receive search instructions sent from the user's terminal, check the allergy data of the user who ordered allergic foods against the manufacturing history data, and mix it with the ordered allergic foods during the manufacturing process. The allergy-responsive food provision support system according to claim 2, further comprising an allergy information search unit that searches for allergic substances having a potential and returns search results.   The manufacturing management system checks the allergy data of the user who ordered allergic foods against the manufacturing history data, searches for an appropriate cooking utensil group so that allergens that should be removed at the time of manufacture are not mixed, and the search result is the manufacturing terminal. 4. The allergy-responsive food provision support system according to claim 3, further comprising cooking utensil retrieval means for outputting to the food.

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