Automated construction of ingredient-functionality lists for formulated products using search engine result excerpts

A system, comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• one or more communication interfaces;
• and
• one or more hardware processors coupled to the memory via the one or more communication interfaces, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured by the instructions to:
• receive one or more input ingredients and a specific formulated product type from a user;
• formulate a first set of queries for the one or more input ingredients in context of the specific formulated product type;
• obtain a list of functionalities for one or more input ingredients in context of the specific formulated product type, wherein the list of functionalities is obtained by processing a plurality of results retrieved from one or more data sources based on the first set of queries;
• formulate a second set of queries for the list of functionalities obtained for the one or more input ingredients in context of the specific formulated product type;
• and
• iteratively perform, until an exhaustive list of incoming ingredients and functionalities is constructed:
• constructing a list of incoming ingredients that are representative of each functionality from the list of functionalities obtained for the one or more input ingredients in the context of the specific formulated product, wherein the list of incoming ingredients is obtained by processing the plurality of results retrieved from the one or more data sources based on the second set of queries;
• and
• obtaining a list of functionalities for each incoming ingredient from the list of incoming ingredients in context of the specific formulated product type, wherein the list of functionalities is obtained by processing the plurality of results retrieved from the one or more data sources based on a third set of queries.

One or more non-transitory machine-readable information storage mediums comprising one or more instructions which when executed by one or more hardware processors cause:

• receiving one or more input ingredients and a specific formulated product type from a user;
• formulating a first set of queries for the one or more input ingredients in context of the specific formulated product type;
• obtaining a list of functionalities for one or more input ingredients in context of the specific formulated product type, wherein the list of functionalities is obtained by processing a plurality of results retrieved from one or more data sources based on the first set of queries;
• formulating a second set of queries for the list of functionalities obtained for the one or more input ingredients in context of the specific formulated product type;
• and
• iteratively performing until an exhaustive list of incoming ingredients and functionalities is constructed:
• constructing a list of incoming ingredients that are representative of each functionality from the list of functionalities obtained for the one or more input ingredients in context of the specific formulated product, wherein the list of incoming ingredients is obtained by processing the plurality of results retrieved from the one or more data sources based on the second set of queries;
• and
• obtaining a list of functionalities for each incoming ingredient from the list of incoming ingredients in the context of the specific formulated product type, wherein the list of functionalities is obtained by processing the plurality of results retrieved from the one or more data sources based on a third set of queries.