METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING CUSTOMIZED NUTRITIONAL MIXTURES

摘要

This disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for making customized nutritional mixtures based on characteristics of an individual and in the manner to be nutritionally complete and correspond to a recommended calorie intake value. An example method comprises the steps of: (i) maintaining a plurality of nutritional ingredients; (ii) receiving a request to make a customized nutritional mixture for an individual; (iii) obtaining or calculating an individual calorie value of the individual; (iv) optionally selecting a number of nutritional ingredients; (v) calculating mass fractions of selected nutritional ingredients based on the individual calorie value; and (vi) dispensing selected nutritional ingredients in accordance with the mass fractions to a container in order to produce the customized nutritional mixture, where a calorie value of the customized nutritional mixture substantially corresponds to at least a predetermined portion of the individual calorie value.

主权项

1. A method for making customized nutritional mixtures, the method comprising:
maintaining a plurality of nutritional ingredients; receiving, by means of a control module comprising a processor and a memory storing program instructions executable by the processor, a request to make a customized nutritional mixture, wherein the request is associated with an individual; obtaining, by means of the control module, an individual calorie value associated with the individual; calculating, by means of the control module, mass fractions of nutritional ingredients based on the individual calorie value; and dispensing, by means of a dispensing module, selected nutritional ingredients in accordance with the mass fractions to a container in order to produce the customized nutritional mixture, wherein a calorie value of the customized nutritional mixture substantially corresponds to a predetermined portion of the individual calorie value.