| CPC G06K 5/00 (2013.01) [G06K 7/1447 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |

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1. A method of authenticating a product, comprising:
storing at least one image of at least one heterogeneous visual feature of a first animal or plant based protein having the at least one heterogeneous visual feature or at least one heterogeneous visual feature of a first group of animal or plant based proteins having homogeneous visual features, and at least one machine readable code associated with the first protein or first group of proteins in an asset verifier, the at least one machine readable code located proximate to the at least one heterogeneous feature;
scanning at least one of an image of at least one heterogeneous visual feature of a second animal or plant based protein having the at least one heterogeneous visual feature or a second group of animal or plant based proteins having the heterogeneous visual features and a machine readable code associated with the second protein or group of proteins;
comparing the scanned image or the machine readable code to the at least one image or the at least one machine readable code in the asset verifier; and
providing an indication to a user if the asset verifier contains an image or machine readable code matching the scanned image or the machine readable code.
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