Patent ID: 10769246

Abstract:
The invention provides a system which implements a method of altering the flavour, stability, consistency, texture and colour of the a custom nutritional supplement composition containing nutritional supplement ingredients selected by a user of the system, said method including addition of specific additives in specific quantities to a custom nutritional supplement composition recipe, which additives and quantities are selected through the retrieval of data stored on a computer system which data has correlated the combinations of nutritional supplement ingredients, the additives, and their relative quantities. The system extends to an automated method of preparing a custom nutritional supplement composition, said method including preparing one or more master batches or base mixes and add-mixes including one or more nutritional supplement ingredients and/or one or more additives in predetermined ratios, and in response to a user custom nutritional supplement composition product request, combining calculated or selected quantities of one or more master batches including base mixes and/or add-mixes, one or more additives, and/or one or more nutritional supplement ingredients thereby to obtain a palatable, stabilised, custom nutritional supplement composition product having a desired flavour, colour and consistency, or any other sensory characteristics, while reducing the number of components required to be blended to achieve same.