Key Features

1. Optimal (Balanced) Diet Plan based on Pyramid Food Groups
a) Five Major Pyramid Food Groups, Oil & Fat and Added Sugar values in the Diet can be computed and Analyzed.
b) Optimal Diet Plan can be designed based on
  (i) Recommended Food Group values as Constraints
 (ii) Recommended Food Group values + Recommended Nutrient values (RDA) as Constraints
Result Tables and Graphs
c) Result Table gives the Total of each Food Group values + Total of All or Selected Nutrient values.
d) Result Table gives the % of Recommended Food Group values satisfied for each Food Group + % of Recommended Nutrient value satisfied.
e) Separate Result Table for the Pyramid Food Group values is given.
f) Pyramid Food Group and Nutrient Graph for the Optimal Diet.

2. Optimal (Balanced) Diet Plan based on Nutrients
a) An Optimal Diet Plan can be arrived based on
  i) Macro + Micro Nutrients (Total 32)
 ii) Macro Nutrients
b) Result Table gives the Total of each Nutrient values + Pyramid Food Group values.
c) Result Table gives the % of RDA for the Nutrient value satisfied + % of Recommended Food Group values satisfied.
d) Nutrient and pyramid Food Group Graphs for the Optimal Diet.

3. Optimal Diet Plan based on Minimal Departure from Current / Observed Diet
  (i) The Minimal Departure from Current / Average Diet as Objective or Constraint for optimization.
 (ii) The range of Minimal Departure( i.e. Min & Max Departure ) can be considered in Constraint option.
(iii) The difference for each Food Servings between Optimal Diet & Average Diet can be seen in separate Table.

4. Cost options
  Low Cost Nutritious Optimal Diet Plan can be arrived by selecting Cost as Objective or Constraint.
5. Weight options
  Optimal Diet Plan can be arrived with Total weight of the Diet as Constraint with range option (i.e. Min & Max weight).
6. Nutrients & Pyramid Food Group values – Standards available are
  (i) INDIA
 (ii) USA
  On Screen Editing facility for Country wise variations
7. Food Databases available are
(A) Standard Food Database
   (i) USDA SR 28 – 32 Nutrients values.
  (ii) USDA with FPID – 32 Nutrients + Food Group values.
 (iii) INDIA RAW – Raw Food Data – 32 Nutrients + 7 Food Group values.
(B) Custom Food Database
 INDIA – Food Database – 32 Nutrients + 7 Food Group values.
(C) New Food Database
  (i) Bulk New Food Datas can be imported from Excel.
 (ii) New Food with Food Group values can be included in the Software via New Food Addition option.

8. Calorie Calculation Options available are
   (i) Harris Benedict Equation
  (ii) WHO
 (iii) ICMR (INDIA)

9. The Relaxation Methods available for Infeasible Problems
   (i) Auto Constraint Elimination
  (ii) Constraint Relaxation Methods
 (iii) RDA Relaxation Methods
 (iv) Changing option for "Serving Size for LP" (0.25, 0.5, 1, Actual)
  (v) Deselecting the Problem Nutrients / Food Group from optimization.

10. Facility to Save / Recall the Diet Plan.
11. Option to Export Result in Excel Format to Save / Print.
12. "Recipe Calculator" to arrive at the Nutrients & Food Group values for the Recipe / Multi ingredient Food.
13. "Nutriadder" to arrive at the Nutrient & Food Group values for the Diet by addition.
14. Time saving options
   i) Multiple Foods can be transferred from Database to Food Choice Table.
  ii) Preferred Food Database can be created (Favorite Food Database).
 iii) In Food Choice Table more than 75 Foods can be stored and selection of Foods from this table is easy (within one minute user can get the solution).
Because of the above options after getting experience in "Nutrioptimizer" within 5 minutes Diet Plan can be arrived.