Multi-cycle treatment method (10) for foodstuffs in a multi-purpose apparatus, ensuring food safety, with at least: a Phase A (101) of initial setting of the sequence of cycles (111-114), a Phase B (102) of automatic control with sequence compensation, a Phase C (103) of automatic execution, a Phase D (104) of final collection of the ready food. In particular, said Phase B provides the check of duration and, if adequate, the processing of a compensated sequence wherein, in addition to the cycles set by the user, before the last cycle, a compensation period (115) is automatically included, with the food being kept at a temperature lower than or equal to 10°C, for the purpose of optimal preservation in the Phase C the control system executes said compensated sequence of the treatment cycles, without user intervention, safely supplying the food ready to be collected, at the set time and under the desired conditions of use.
