REGEX Recipe Ingredient Decode

Hello,

I am looking for somebody to write a regex script/function that will decode recipe ingredients into Ingredient, Modifiers, Amount, Unit. The problem is that not all recipes have the ingredients in the same format ex:

1 avocado // no units (assume each) also no modifiers

2 cups all purpose flour, sifted // has everything

olive oil // no amount, units, nor modifiers

brown sugar 2.5 cups // reversed, no modifier

brown sugar 2 1/2 cups // mixed number

brown sugar 2½ cups //mixed number with special char

2 #10 cans of tomato soup

tomato soup #10 can

I am hoping to have this written in php and if possible to have comments included to edit myself if I find a format not covered.

I know it cannot be perfect and will not catch all cases, could it give me an error flag if not found.

I can include a list of all units and modifiers I know of to assist.

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