Apparatus, system and methods of producing on-demand, personalized, single-serve food bars

A method for preparing a single-serve food bar formed from a plurality of ingredients comprising:

• a housing defining a chamber, wherein the chamber is at least partially enclosed to define an interior space, and wherein the chamber comprises a top and a bottom;
• a front opening having a door coupled to the opening and configured to transition between an open position and closed position covering the front opening, wherein the chamber of the housing is accessible through front opening;
• wherein the housing includes:
• a temperature programmable chuck having a cavity configured to accommodate a removable mold, wherein the chuck is operably coupled to a motorized lever, and wherein the chuck is operable to be temperature programmable;
• the removable mold having an open end configured to receive the plurality of ingredients;
• a motorized plunger having a base plate and configured to move vertically at a predetermined rate, wherein the base plate is configured to fit in the open end of the removable mold, and wherein the motorized plunger is operable to partially penetrate the removable mold to a predetermined depth;
• a motorized ejector, operable to move horizontally at a predetermined rate;
• a motor, in electric communication with the motorized lever, the motorized plunger, and the motorized ejector;
• a user interface.

A computerized networked system for selecting and ordering a personalized, single-serve food bar formulation for a user comprising:

• a. a backend networked management server (BNMS);
• b. a database comprising a plurality of food bar formulations in communication with the BNMS;
• c. a first inventory system comprising a plurality of cartridges, each cartridge corresponding to a food bar formulation in the database in communication with the BNMS;
• d. a second inventory system comprising a plurality of ingredients, configured when combined to form the personalized, single-serve food bar;
• e. a third inventory system comprising a plurality of third-party branded recipe cartridges, each cartridge corresponding to a predetermined food bar formulation in communication with the BNMS;
• f. a networked computing device, in communication with the BNMS, the networked computing device further comprising at least one processor operably coupled to a non-transitory memory device storing thereon a computer-readable medium with a set of executable instructions, configured when executed to cause the at least one processor to form the steps of:
• i. contacting the BNMS;
• ii. selecting at least one of:
• a custom-formulated food bar from the second inventory system, and a pre-formulated food bar from at least one of:
• the first inventory system, and the third inventory system;
• and
• iii. ordering at least one of the selected food bars.