Intelligent blending and user interface

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions including a plurality of food processing instructions associated with a food processing sequence which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for processing food items using a food processor via a controllable component configured to process one or more food items, the method comprising:

• storing, via a memory, a plurality of food item vectors, each of the plurality of food item vectors being associated with a type of food item and a plurality of indicator configuration instructions associated with a plurality of indicators, a first indicator configuration instruction of the plurality of indicator configuration instructions being associated with detecting at least one property, and a second indicator configuration instruction of the plurality of indicator configuration instructions being associated with activating the controllable component;
• operating the controllable component via one or more user interfaces configured to receive a user input and operably coupled to a base, wherein the one or more user interfaces include the plurality of indicators;
• detecting, via a monitoring device, at least two properties associated with processing one or more food items and generating at least one detection signal;
• receiving the at least one detection signal;
• calculating a detection vector based on the at least two properties;
• identifying one or more types of food items based on comparing a location of the detection vector with a location of one or more of the plurality of food item vectors within a multi-dimensional feature space,
• activating a first indicator of the plurality of indicators on the user interface, the first indicator indicative of at least one of the following being in progress:
• (i) detecting, via the monitoring device, the at least two properties, or (ii) identifying the one or more types of food items;
• determining one or more food processing actions based at least in part on the identified one or more types of food items;
• and
• controlling operation of the controllable component based at least in part on the one or more determined food processing actions.