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Customised nutritional food and beverage dispensing system

A nutrition, dispenser technology that is used in the field of automated food and beverage delivery systems, which can solve problems such as restrictions

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-07-11
FONTERRA COOP GRP LTD
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Consumer choices are limited by the rules governing the dispensing of ingredients by dispensers

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[0087] The system according to the invention has hardware components and software components. In the embodiment of FIG. 1 , the dispenser 10 is separate from the server 30 . The dispenser 10 and the server 30 are in electrical communication with each other. A single server 30 is typically connected to a network of dispensers 10, although the server 30 and dispenser 10 may be integrated.

[0088] The ingredient module 12 of the system typically includes a plurality of compartments containing bulk ingredients such as dairy powders or flour, and other compartments designed to contain minutely portioned ingredients such as condiments, nutrients , taste modifiers and texturing ingredients. Typical dairy powders include whole milk powder, skim milk powder, milk protein concentrate, and whey protein concentrate. Flour ingredients include grain and other vegetable flours. Taste modifying ingredients include seasonings such as spices, herbs or salt or other flavor modifying ingredi...

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The invention is a system for dispensing a customised nutritional serving made up of ingredients stored within a device incorporating the system. The device has a controller in whose memory is stored an inventory of the ingredients available in the device, their compositions and properties and customer profile data. The controller is programmed to formulate a serving which best matches the customised serving selected by the customer within constraints set by the programming taking into account the inventory of ingredients and the health profile of the customer. The customer is then presented with the selected serving and either accepts it or modifies it. The device is then programmed to prepare and dispense the final selection.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an automated food and beverage delivery system. More specifically, the present invention relates to an automated food and beverage delivery system that provides customized serving based on consumer choices and stored consumer profile, health and nutritional data. Background technique [0002] Vending machines for selling prepackaged food and beverages are well known in the art. Also known are vending machines that dispense beverages such as coffee, hot chocolate soft drinks, or soft drinks, where the consumer can select a combination of said beverages, and the vending machine dispenses standard amounts of each ingredient from a storage container into a container that the consumer can dispense. In individual containers taken from a vending machine. [0003] No. 5,404,796 describes a vending machine that utilizes dehydrated powder to make French fries. The powder is rehydrated to form French fries in molds within a ven...

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IPC IPC(8): G07F13/06G07F17/40G07F7/08G06F17/30A23L1/29A23L33/00G07F11/70G16H20/60
CPCB01F7/161G07F13/06G07F17/40G06F19/3475B01F15/00032G07F11/70B01F13/1055G16H20/60B01F27/806B01F33/84B01F35/1453G06Q50/00
Inventor 大卫·利昂内尔·詹姆士·亚历山大艾比·克尔恩·汤普森理查得·阿彻米歇尔·约翰·波兰德彼得·阿龙·芒罗史蒂文·约翰·哈洛克
Owner FONTERRA COOP GRP LTD
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