Filling process with cell-by-cell automated compounding

A method for filling a pod comprising:

• providing a pod having a housing defining a plurality of serving chambers arranged in an annular array and surrounding a drive hub;
• receiving data indicative of a customized nutritional supplement for the pod to a controller of an automated filling station;
• filling the customized nutritional supplement into at least one of the plurality of serving chambers of the pod via the automated filling station by controlling a plurality of hoppers of the filling station to dispense the customized supplement into the plurality of serving chambers of the pod, each hopper containing a corresponding ingredient available for the customized supplement;
• wherein filling the pod further comprises filling a plurality of recesses in a formula plate of a filling fixture in the filling station with the nutritional supplement;
• wherein filling the pod further comprises positioning the pod above the formula plate and aligning the plurality of serving chambers of the pod with a plurality of recesses via a locating feature supported by the formula plate;
• and
• wherein filling the pod further comprises placing a retention member of the filling fixture over the pod to retain the pod relative to the formula plate, and rotating the filling fixture one hundred and eighty degrees about a horizontal axis such that nutritional supplement within the plurality of recesses flows directly into the plurality of serving chambers.

A method for filling a pod comprising:

• providing a pod having a housing defining a plurality of serving chambers arranged in an annular array and surrounding a drive hub;
• receiving data indicative of a customized nutritional supplement for the pod to a controller of an automated filling station;
• filling the customized nutritional supplement into at least one of the plurality of serving chambers of the pod via the automated filling station by controlling a plurality of hoppers of the filling station to dispense the customized supplement into the plurality of serving chambers of the pod, each hopper containing a corresponding ingredient available for the customized supplement;
• positioning a plurality of sachets relative to the plurality of serving chambers;
• and
• individually sealing each sachet of the plurality of sachets;
• wherein filling the pod further comprises filling the plurality of sachets.