# US 10,311,212 B2 · Nutrient value loss tracking system and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,311,212 B2 - Document ID: US10311212B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/086,422 - Filed: 2013-11-21 - Published: 2015-02-12 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2013-08-12 - Assignees: Sap SE - Applicants: Eileen Riediger - Inventors: Eileen Riediger - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10311212B2 ## CPC - G16H 20/60: relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein storage losses are calculated on top of process losses. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the process loss profile is a percentage of a nutrient value lost during a process step to make the end food product. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein a storage loss profile is a percentage of nutrient value lost during storage of a material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein exploding the recipe results in graph showing input and output flows between stages of the recipe. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5 wherein the equation systems are built into a matrix based on the graph. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 wherein the matrix is transformed into reduced row echelon form. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: generating a final calculated nutrient content based on the hierarchical based nutrient loss calculation, wherein the final calculated nutrient content is used to generate a label for the end food product. ### Claim 9 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; 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. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 9 wherein storage losses are calculated on top of process losses. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 9 wherein the process loss profile is a percentage of a nutrient value lost during a process step to make the end food product. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 9 wherein a storage loss profile is a percentage of nutrient value lost during storage of a material. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 9 wherein exploding the recipe results in a graph showing input and output flow's between stages of the recipe. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 13 wherein the equation systems are built into a matrix based on the graph. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 14 wherein the matrix is transformed into reduced row echelon form. ### Claim 16 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. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16 wherein storage losses are calculated on top of process losses, wherein the process loss profile is a percentage of a nutrient value lost during a process step to make the end food product, and wherein a storage loss profile is a percentage of nutrient value lost during storage of a material. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17 wherein exploding the recipe results in a graph showing input and output flows between stages of the recipe. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18 wherein the equation systems are built into a matrix based on the graph. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19 wherein the matrix is transformed into reduced row echelon form.