Logistic Transport System for Nutritional Substances

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a preservation system for storage and logistic transport of nutritional substances. The preservation system obtains information about the nutritional substance to be preserved, senses and measures the external environment to the preservation system, senses and measures the internal environment to the preservation system, senses and measures the state of the nutritional substance, and stores such information throughout the period of preservation. Using this accumulated information, the preservation system can measure, or estimate, changes in nutritional content (usually degradation) during the period of preservation. Additionally, the preservation system can use this information to dynamically modify the preservation system to minimize detrimental changes to the nutritional content of the nutritional substance, and in some cases actually improve the nutritional substance attributes.

1 . A method of determining and communicating an evolution of a particular nutritional or organoleptic property of a nutritional substance comprising the steps of:
 scanning a nutritional substance provided with a unique identifier at a first time to obtain a first scan-response related to a target attribute associated with a particular nutritional or organoleptic property; and   analyzing the first scan-response and correlating it with a first value of the particular nutritional or organoleptic property and to the unique identifier; and   scanning the nutritional substance at a subsequent time to obtain a subsequent scan-response related to the target attribute; and   analyzing the subsequent scan-response and correlating it with a subsequent value of the particular nutritional or organoleptic property and to the unique identifier; and   determining a change in the particular nutritional or organoleptic property between the first time and the subsequent time; and   communicating information related to said change in the particular nutritional or organoleptic property referenced to the unique identifier.   
     
     
         2 . A method of determining and communicating an evolution of a particular nutritional or organoleptic property of a nutritional substance according to  claim 1  wherein:
 said analyzing is accomplished by at least one of a statistical method and an analytical algorithm. 
 
     
     
         3 . A method of determining and communicating an evolution of a particular nutritional or organoleptic property of a nutritional substance according to  claim 1  wherein:
 the information related to said change includes any two or more of the first value, the subsequent value, and the change between the first value and the subsequent value. 
 
     
     
         4 . A method of determining and communicating an evolution of a particular nutritional or organoleptic property of a nutritional substance according to  claim 3  wherein:
 the values are expressed as a percentage. 
 
     
     
         5 . A method of determining and communicating an evolution of a particular nutritional or organoleptic property of a nutritional substance according to  claim 4  wherein:
 the percentage is relative to a recommended daily requirement. 
 
     
     
         6 . A method of determining and communicating an evolution of a particular nutritional or organoleptic property of a nutritional substance according to  claim 1  wherein:
 the information related to said change includes at least one of a table, graph, and curve showing the first and subsequent values. 
 
     
     
         7 . A method of determining and communicating an evolution of a particular nutritional or organoleptic property of a nutritional substance according to  claim 6  wherein:
 the values are expressed as a percentage. 
 
     
     
         8 . A method of determining and communicating an evolution of a particular nutritional or organoleptic property of a nutritional substance according to  claim 6  wherein:
 the percentage is relative to a recommended daily requirement. 
 
     
     
         9 . A method of determining and communicating an evolution of a particular nutritional or organoleptic property of a nutritional substance according to  claim 1  wherein:
 the information related to said change in the particular nutritional or organoleptic property includes a dynamic indicator. 
 
     
     
         10 . A method of determining and communicating an evolution of a particular nutritional or organoleptic property of a nutritional substance according to  claim 9  wherein:
 the dynamic indicator comprises a ΔN meter.