Patent ID: 7624922

Claim:
An apparatus for commercial vending of a plurality of fluid products into individual ones of discrete fluid receptacles suitable for holding, transporting and consuming said fluid products, said individual ones of discrete fluid receptacles having machine-readable indicia thereon indicative of one fluid product for an individual one of said discrete fluid receptacles, said one fluid product selected from said plurality of fluid products available from said vending apparatus, comprising: a support housing for holding containers to be at least one of filled and refilled with fluid; a control system responsive to indicia on said containers to control the ratio of at least two fluids mixed for deposition in said containers; said control system interfacing with at least an operator control interface which allows operator entry of at least one of selections, responses, control commands, and options relative to the operation of said control system; and a presentation through said operator control interface comprising at least one additional ingredient selected responsive to said indicia and compatible with said one fluid product, and a receiver through said operator control interface through which said operator may select or reject said at least one additional ingredient for mixing with said at least two fluids mixed for deposition.