Impact of AI on food processing in India

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science which means to impart human intelligence in computer deals i.e. creating machines that are developed in such a way that it acts like a human being. John McCarthy, the father of Artificial Intelligence (AI), says, “The science and engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs”.

Today right from home appliances to mobile phones everything uses AI. It has affected automobile sectors, education, the Health care sector, etc., and presently is impacting food industries as well.

Right from helping farmers with weather forecasts, transportation companies in reducing the shipping cost, or the operations of the food processing industry, AI has shown its power.

Swabhiman Agro after observing the market trends have come up with the following impacts of AI in food processing industries:

1.       Product Development:

Food processing involves incorporating the right amount of flavors, species, and ingredients. Coco-Cola, one of the largest soft drink company uses AI-enabled technology in their plant to allow the customer to customize their soft drink. It’s basically a self-service a machine which allows customers to create a variety of customized drink by adding different types of flavors in the base drink. In the years to come, you will see new products as well as flavors generated because of AI.

2.       Food safety compliance:

Today in restaurants, municipal health agencies, AI is used for various kinds of facial and object recognition. In the kitchens, an AI-enabled camera is used to make sure that the chef wears masks for protecting hair fall on the food. Single hair strands can contaminate the food item which can make the eater ill. Thus, Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps in implementing safety regulations. Apart from this, the installation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled camera helps in catching any kind of violation in factories so that it can be rectified in real-time. As per research, AI technology is being currently used in around 200 restaurants, and this figure is expected to increase to 2000 shortly. Hence your food is safe because of AI.

3.       Inventory Management:

The food processing industry has been suffering from improper feedstock till now. Inventory was being maintained only with the help of manual labor. But with Artificial Intelligence (AI) this process has got automated which reduced labor cost, increased speed, and improved yields. A renowned Japanese food processing company, Kewpie Corporation, uses AI-enabled TensorFlow machine learning to detect various anomalies in food. They would further increase the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) shortly in maintaining strict safety standards as well.

4.       Sanitization:

Sanitization is essential in the food processing industry and with the help of an artificial intelligent sensors system, it becomes possible to maintain cleanliness. The automated cleaning method uses ultrasonic sensing and optical fluorescence imaging with the help of which the amount of microbial debris present in the food item is determined. The time required to clean the equipment has been reduced by 50% because of which you can save money that you usually spend on the water, energy, and time.

5.       Decision Making:

AI has helped the customer decide what they have to do for capturing the market. The Kellogg Company launched an AI-enabled technology in 2017 powered by IBM to help customers decide which granola should be chosen from 50 ingredients for making a particular customized product. With this, you can determine if the chosen ingredient will taste good or not, choose perfect granola, or forecast whether the product that they decide to launch will work or not. These suggestions help the food processing company to take the appropriate step in customizing the product and taking a good decision.

Summary

Swabhiman Agro believes that AI-enabled technology will reshape the food processing business. More and more products are being produced quickly. It has improved feedstock sorting as well as increase efficiencies and safety. The result is that all the major players of the food processing industry have started using AI. More and more players are coming forward to use AI-enabled technology for increasing its productivity, customer satisfaction, and revenue. Hence you can also use AI for your own food processing industry.

 

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