Patent ID: 9241510
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A23L

Claim Text:
1. A method of processing individual foodstuff units comprising foodstuff and a product container for containing the foodstuff, the process comprising heating and cooling steps, by monitoring and quantifying product performance for each individual foodstuff unit, comprising the steps of: identifying and measuring the composition of the foodstuff of each foodstuff unit prior to entering the foodstuff process, measuring physical, chemical, and/or biochemical properties of the foodstuff of each foodstuff unit prior to entering the foodstuff process, calculating thermal energy requirements of the foodstuff of each foodstuff unit prior to entering the foodstuff process, prior to initiation of foodstuff processing, identifying the product container containing the foodstuff for which identifying the composition of the foodstuff of the foodstuff unit has occurred and for which the measuring of physical, chemical, and/or biochemical properties of the foodstuff of the foodstuff unit has occurred, prior to initiation of foodstuff processing, analyzing the properties and the thermal energy requirements of the foodstuff of the foodstuff unit to calculate thermal processing requirements for the processing steps of the foodstuff process, defining process conditions for the processing steps of the foodstuff unit prior to initiation of foodstuff processing to achieve, maintain, and control the calculated thermal processing requirements of the foodstuff unit that generate a level of product quality that seeks to neither over-process nor under-process the foodstuff of each foodstuff unit, monitoring the thermal processing performance for each foodstuff unit on an individual basis, entering the foodstuff process by: