Patent ID: 7451015

Claim:
A system for dispensing bulk products comprising: one or more inventory containers for storing one or more bulk products; a user interface for displaying information on the stored bulk products and for receiving a customer's selection of specified quantities of one or more of the stored bulk products; one or more selective dispensing means, such that each one is coupled to one inventory container, for selectively dispensing a specified quantity of the bulk product stored in the inventory container; a computer that is coupled to the user interface and that controls the dispensing means to dispense the customer's selection of specified quantities of one or more of the stored bulk products; a transporting means coupled to the dispensing means for transporting the specified quantities of one or more of the stored bulk products; a filling means coupled to the transporting means for filling a container with the specified quantities of one or more of the stored bulk products; and a weighing device coupled to the computer for measuring the container and the specified quantities of one or more of the stored bulk products while in the container to determine the price thereof; and a printer connected to the computer for printing information regarding the dispensed product, wherein the information printed by the printer includes nutritional information.