US 7,762,181 · Granted 2010-07-27
Customised nutritional food and beverage dispensing system
A system for dispensing a customized nutritional serving is 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 customized 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.
Patent details
- Publication number
- US 7,762,181
- Filing date
- 2005-09-30
- Grant date
- 2010-07-27
- Assignee
- Fonterra Co-Operative Group Limited
- Inventor(s)
- BOLAND MICHAEL JOHN, HAYLOCK STEVEN JOHN, MUNRO PETER AARON, ALEXANDER DAVID LIONEL JAMES, THOMPSON ABBY KERRIN, ARCHER RICHARD
- CPC class
- A47J31/52
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