Local storage and conditioning systems for nutritional substances
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1. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances comprising:
- a reader for detecting information provided with a nutritional substance;
an input panel for receiving a consumer'"'"'s input regarding the nutritional substance;
a database with information referenced to the information provided with the nutritional substance and related to a Δ
N of the nutritional substance, where Δ
N is defined as changes in nutritional, organoleptic and aesthetic value of the nutritional substance over time; and
a controller configured to receive the information provided with the nutritional substance, the Δ
N of the nutritional substance, and the consumers input, and to set a conditioning protocol operable to control a conditioner with a sequence of steps to condition the nutritional substance wherein the conditioning protocol is adapted to minimize nutrient loss of the nutritional substance during conditioning.
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Abstract
Nutritional substance systems and methods are disclosed enabling the tracking and communication of changes in nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances, and further enabling the adaptive storage and adaptive conditioning of nutritional substances.
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1. A dynamic conditioning system for nutritional substances comprising:
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a reader for detecting information provided with a nutritional substance; an input panel for receiving a consumer'"'"'s input regarding the nutritional substance; a database with information referenced to the information provided with the nutritional substance and related to a Δ
N of the nutritional substance, where Δ
N is defined as changes in nutritional, organoleptic and aesthetic value of the nutritional substance over time; anda controller configured to receive the information provided with the nutritional substance, the Δ
N of the nutritional substance, and the consumers input, and to set a conditioning protocol operable to control a conditioner with a sequence of steps to condition the nutritional substance wherein the conditioning protocol is adapted to minimize nutrient loss of the nutritional substance during conditioning. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A dynamic conditioning system for conditioning nutritional substances comprising:
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an input panel for receiving information relating to the identity of a nutritional substance; a library comprising datasets relating to changes of nutritional, organoleptic, or aesthetic values of nutritional substances based on various conditioning protocols; a controller configured to calculate estimated changes in nutritional, organoleptic, or aesthetic values for the nutritional substance based on prospective conditioning protocols; and a display that displays the estimated changes in nutritional, organoleptic, or aesthetic values for the nutritional substance based on at least one the prospective conditioning protocols, wherein the controller implements the at least one prospective condition protocol responsive to a consumer'"'"'s input through the input panel to condition a nutritional substance according to the consumer'"'"'s input, and the conditioning protocol is adapted to minimize nutrient loss of the nutritional substance during conditioning. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method of conditioning a nutritional substance comprising:
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detecting information provided with a nutritional substance; accessing datasets referenced to the information relating to changes of nutritional, organoleptic, or aesthetic values based on various conditioning protocols; displaying the changes of the nutritional, organoleptic, or aesthetic values with respect to at least one conditioning protocol; and implementing the at least one conditioning protocol to operate a conditioner which conditions the nutritional substance according to the at least one conditioning protocol, and wherein the conditioning protocol is adapted based on the datasets referenced to the information relating to changes of nutritional, organoleptic, or aesthetic values of the nutritional substances and the conditioning protocol is adapted to minimize nutrient loss of the nutritional substance during conditioning. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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