Ingredient blending system and method

An ingredient blending system for use in frozen beverage equipment and soft-serve ice cream equipment, the ingredient blending system comprising:

• a manifold body having at least one of a blending chamber, a front side, a backside, and a top side, the top side having a plurality of ingredient inlet ports, the backside having a plurality of pressure reservoirs, the front side having a plurality of ingredient egress ports, each of the plurality of ingredient egress ports intersect at least one of the plurality of pressure reservoirs, and a plurality of ingredient ingress ports intersect the blending chamber;
• a plurality inlet conduits, at least one of the plurality of inlet conduits is fastened to each of the plurality of ingredient inlet ports, wherein a plurality of ingredient supply lines is interconnected with one or more of the plurality of inlet conduits and supplies a plurality of ingredients by injecting at least one of the plurality of ingredients into the manifold body through at least one of the plurality of ingredient inlet ports;
• a plurality of pressure sensors, at least one of the pressure sensors is secured within each of the plurality of pressure reservoirs, at least one of the plurality of ingredient inlet ports intersects at least one of the plurality of pressure reservoirs allowing at least one of the plurality of ingredients to enter at least one of the plurality of pressure reservoirs, the blending chamber intersects at least one of the pressure sensor reservoirs;
• a plurality of electronic valves, at least one of electronic valves is secured to the front side of the manifold body such that when a selected one of the plurality of electronic valves is in the on or open position, a corresponding at least one of the plurality of ingredients passes, from a corresponding at least one of the plurality of pressure reservoirs, out of a corresponding at least one of the plurality of ingredient egress ports, through a corresponding at least one of the plurality of ingredient ingress ports, and into the blending chamber forming a food product, and when a selected one of the plurality of electronic valves is in the off or closed position, a corresponding at least one the plurality of ingredients is prevented from egressing, from a corresponding at least one of the plurality of pressure reservoirs, through a corresponding at least one of the plurality of ingredient egress ports;
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• at least one of a food product egress conduit is fastened to the blending chamber through which the food product egresses the manifold body.