Beverage dispenser with customized nutrition levels and multiple sweetener sources

摘要

The dispenser is configured to dispense foodstuffs at various nutritional levels by dispensing a combination of sweeteners from a plurality of sweetener sources at a predetermined ratio. By using a predetermined combination of sweeteners at a predetermined ratio for the nutritional level selected for a given product, it ensures that the dispensed product has a desirable taste profile and at the same time provides increased consumer choice. A combination of calorie sweeteners, medium calorie sweeteners, low calorie sweeteners, and / or calorie-free sweeteners can be dispensed to produce food products with a specified calorie level or nutritional level. For a given selected nutritional level, the product dispenser can dispense different combinations of sweeteners and / or different ratios of sweeteners for different brands or products to be dispensed. Similarly, for a given brand or product, the product dispenser can dispense different combinations of sweeteners and / or different ratios of sweeteners for different selected nutritional levels.