CBORD

CBORD is food and nutrition service software for hospitals, campus dining, senior living and corporate dining. It covers diet orders and allergen control, menu planning, meal ordering, production and inventory, and reporting in one cloud platform. CBORD, together with Transact, was renamed Illumia in 2026 (the website is now illumiatech.com); the vendor says products and contracts are unchanged.

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Best for
Hospitals and healthcare facilities, University and college dining programs
Pricing
Quote only
Runs on
Web

Who it is for

  • Hospitals and healthcare facilities

    Connects diet orders, allergen management, menu planning and patient meal ordering, with real-time diet order updates from EHRs.

  • University and college dining programs

    Aimed at campus dining leaders who run several locations and need cost, allergen and sustainability visibility.

  • Senior living communities

    Resident meal choice and personalization with menu planning across levels of care, connected to EHRs.

What it does

  • Diet order and allergen management

    Supports multiple allergens, restrictions and texture modifications per patient, with real-time diet order updates integrated with EHRs.

  • Nutritional analysis and menu planning

    Nutritional analysis tools support accurate menu planning and menu performance insights.

  • Mobile meal ordering for patients and guests

    Patients order on demand from approved options in a mobile app, and guests can buy meals with flexible payment options.

  • Production, procurement and inventory planning

    Connects forecasting, procurement, food production and inventory, including floor stock management and patient tray tracking.

  • Centralized dashboards and compliance reporting

    Dashboards across nutrition and foodservice operations, with reporting aimed at compliance and audit readiness.

  • Nutrition and allergen information tied to menus

    Shows nutrition and allergen information linked to campus dining menus, with consistent recipes across dining halls, cafes and retail.

  • Food cost, usage and waste visibility

    Gives insight into food costs, usage and waste across dining locations and supports forecasting to reduce overproduction.

  • Scaled recipes and production tallies

    Uses production tallies, scaled recipes and ingredient substitutions to plan quantities and purchasing for senior living kitchens.

  • Menu cost impact by level of care

    Manages inventory and menu changes and shows the cost impact as recipes change for multiple levels of care.

Pricing

Pricing model
Quote only

No prices are published; the pages direct buyers to speak to an expert.

How it compares

Compared with the 23 products in School, Hospital & Contract Food Service that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

  • Names 6 integrations. The median in this category is 2.
  • Lists Web only. Among the 23 products in this category that state their platforms, 10 list an iOS app and 8 list an Android app.
  • The category's 10 most-named integration partners are PowerSchool, Aeries, DATEV, Skyward, Sysco, US Foods, Account Tree, ACEware Systems, Active Directory, Aeries SIS. Of these, this product's listing names Sysco, US Foods.

Works with

Other
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The vendor says it works with more than 300 technology partners through open APIs and names EHR connections for healthcare and senior living without naming the EHR vendors. The names listed appear as logos on the healthcare food service page; the page does not say what each connection does.

Where and how it runs

Platforms
Web

The vendor does not state countries.

The company

Company
Illumia, LLC
Registration
Name change filed in Delaware on 2026-03-03, effective 2026-04-30 (formerly The CBORD Group LLC)

Security and support

Support
The site links a client login, support portal and system status page. It states 99.9% uptime for mission-critical systems.

Listing details

Built for
Contract food service
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
cbord.com
  • MealSuite

    MealSuite is foodservice software for senior living and healthcare communities.

    Names 18 integrations, against 6 for CBORD.

  • Illumia (formerly CBORD)

    Illumia is the new name of the company formed from Transact and CBORD, now sold under one brand.

    Names 4 integrations, against 6 for CBORD.

  • MySchoolBucks

    MySchoolBucks is a school payments platform from Heartland School Solutions, part of Global Payments.

    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for CBORD.

  • PaySchools

    PaySchools is school payment and nutrition software for US K-12 districts, now sold as part of i3 Education, a division of i3 Verticals.

    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for CBORD.

What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Any price or plan
  • Countries of sale, languages, headquarters, founding year, team size
  • Which EHR, POS or ERP vendors are supported
  • Security certifications (a Security & Trust Center is linked)
  • Contract term and renewal
  • Named restaurant or foodservice customers

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

  1. Homepage (cbord.com redirects here)https://illumiatech.com/
  2. Healthcare food and nutrition features, partner logoshttps://illumiatech.com/solutions/healthcare/food-nutrition-dining-services
  3. Campus dining featureshttps://illumiatech.com/solutions/higher-education/food-nutrition-dining-services
  4. Senior living features, uptimehttps://illumiatech.com/solutions/senior-living/food-nutrition-dining-services
  5. Partner programme and 300+ partnershttps://illumiatech.com/partners
  6. Company mission, CEO, partner logoshttps://illumiatech.com/about
  7. Rename from Transact + CBORD, Roper ownershiphttps://illumiatech.com/about/becoming-illumia
  8. Leadership teamhttps://illumiatech.com/about/leadership