DESCRIZIONE
An information system for nutritional substances obtains information regarding a nutritional substance from the creation of the nutritional substance, the preservation of the nutritional substance, the transformation of the nutritional substance, the conditioning of the nutritional substance, and the consumption of the nutritional substances. The information system stores and provides this information to the various constituents of the nutritional substance supply system. Of particular interest is adulteration with horsemeat, and provisions are described for determining, monitoring and alerting based on detection of such adulteration.