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How the Food Industry Leverages Technology to Improve Food Processing and Packaging Platform?
Digitalizing the food and beverage industry to improve the processing and packaging of the same.
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Food and Beverages Tech Review | Tuesday, October 01, 2019
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Digitalizing the food and beverage industry to improve the processing and packaging of the same.
FREMONT, CA: Technology stands out in the food industry and is not new to food processing organizations. However, technology over the years has changed how the food is produced through application, robotics, data, and processing techniques. According to a report from ING, the technology helps the food manufacturers produce more efficiently for a growing world population. As the world grows, the demand for food also increases with it. It is estimated that 7.5 billion people are present in the whole world and food demands vary for each of them from year to year. Using technology to improve the processing and packaging can enhance the safety of food.
Machines and Robotics
Using machines in the food industry ensures quality and affordability. By leveraging the machine technology, it drives down the cost of keeping the food fresh and thereby increasing productivity. Robotic machines can help eliminate safety programs for the most dangerous jobs in the food industry. By utilizing the robots to chop the difficult meats, they can save many injuries and life as well.
Drones
Precision agriculture is an important player when it comes to how technology makes a change. With the help of GPD tracking systems and satellite imagery to monitor crop yields, the innovative step leads to find the soil levels and weather patterns to increase efficiency on the farm. With the help of drones, one can monitor what is happening in the fields, and can also use analysis from the findings to test the soil and health of the crops.
Packaging and Waste
Many organizations use technology to help them go green. The first step, here, is to find alternative plastics materials and other harmful packaging and waste for the environment by using technology. The customers are looking for organizations that are sourcing the products and how they are handling the waste. One of the waste reduction app named Copia uses a large amount of food waste reduction dashboard to connect the businesses with a wide range of food to local shelters, after-school programs, and other non-profit organizations.