System for managing digital food information includes a data processing arrangement (102, figure 1) coupled to a plurality of computing devices associated with food service providers (104, figure 1) and a plurality of computing devices associated with consumers (106, figure 1) via a communication network (108, figure 1). The data processing arrangement generates a digital food plan comprising at least one food item defined with food information including ingredients and/or cooking procedure 402, receives consumer information including at least one of: food habit; food preferences; nutritional requirements; medical conditions; use of medications; general physical condition; age; allergies; and undesirable food ingredients 404, and filters digital food plans, based on the consumer information to provide desirable food items to consumers 406. Consumer information is provided by consumers using their associated computing devices. The data processing arrangement may suggest food service providers, ingredient alter
