Nutrient value loss tracking system and method
AssigneeSap SE
InventorEileen Riediger
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Abstract
A system and method include exploding a recipe via a computer system for a process to make an end food product into a set of hierarchical process steps, obtaining nutrient values for each input material to be used in making the end food product, obtaining loss profiles for input materials, the nutrient loss profiles including a process loss profile for steps in the process to make the end food product and a storage loss profile for storing intermediate food product resulting during the process, and performing a hierarchical based nutrient loss calculation using the nutrient values and loss profiles to quantify nutrients remaining in the end food product.
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A method comprising:
- exploding, using a computer system, a recipe for a process to make an end food product, into a set of hierarchical process steps;
- obtaining nutrient values for each input material to be used in making the end food product;
- obtaining nutrient loss profiles for input materials, the nutrient loss profiles including a process loss profile for steps in the process to make the end food product and a storage loss profile for storing intermediate food product resulting during the process;
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- performing, using the computer system, a hierarchical based nutrient loss calculation using the nutrient values and loss profiles to quantify nutrients remaining in the end food product, wherein performing the hierarchical nutrient loss calculation comprises building an equation system for each process output.
A non-transitory computer readable storage device having instructions for causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
- exploding a recipe for a process to make an end food product, into a set of hierarchical process steps;
- obtaining nutrient values for each input material to be used in making the end food product;
- obtaining nutrient loss profiles for input materials, the nutrient loss profiles including a process loss profile for steps in the process to make the end food product and a storage loss profile for storing intermediate food product resulting during the process;
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- performing a hierarchical based nutrient loss calculation using the nutrient values and loss profiles to quantify nutrients remaining in the end food product, wherein performing the hierarchical nutrient loss calculation comprises building an equation system for each process output.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a storage device coupled to the processor, the storage device having a program to perform operations when executed by the processor, the operations comprising;
- exploding a recipe for a process to make an end food product, into a set of hierarchical process steps;
- obtaining nutrient values for each input material to be used in making the end food product;
- obtaining nutrient loss profiles for input materials, the nutrient loss profiles including a process loss profile for steps in the process to make the end food product and a storage loss profile for storing intermediate food product resulting during the process;
- and
- performing a hierarchical based nutrient loss calculation using the nutrient values and loss profiles to quantify nutrients remaining in the end food product, wherein performing the hierarchical nutrient loss calculation comprises building an equation system for each process output.
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