Food Technology

Artificial intelligence is being increasingly used to help understand properties of food and their likely pairings Looking for that perfect recipe, or a new flavor combination that delights the senses? Increasingly, players in the food industry are embracing artificial intelligence to better understand the dynamics of flavor, aroma and other...

Today, the warning is that no low-skilled job is safe from being displaced by automation and artificial intelligence. For example, humans taking orders at drive-thru lines at fast-food restaurants are being replaced with an automated system.Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken in Englewood, Ohio, beginning this week, will be using "artificial intelligence...

Looking for that perfect recipe? Or a new flavor combination that delights the senses? Increasingly, players in the food industry are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) to better understand the dynamics of flavor, aroma and other factors that go into making a food product a success. Earlier this year, IBM became...

Express News Service If you have an Alexa or a Google Home, you’ve probably got the experience of ordering from your favourite restaurant using the voice command. But picture this. You don’t want to eat out, nor do you want to rack your brains thinking of a quick recipe to...

Characteristics of the food industryLow appropriabilityMost people are familiar with foods and the food industry. It is rare to come across someone who knows nothing about these subjects, and the majority of people can entertain a discussion about food and the food industry. However, this also means that there is...

Artificial intelligence (AI), or machine learning/machine vision, is playing a predominant role in the world of food safety and quality assurance. According to Mordor Intelligence, AI in the food and beverages market is expected to register a CAGR of 28.64 percent, during the forecast period 2018-2023. AI makes it possible...

Every day about one-third of all food harvested or produced around the globe is wasted. That amounts to about 1.3 billion tons of food. IKEA prides itself on its focus on sustainability and being careful with the world’s resources. Not only is it a furniture company, but IKEA’s restaurants serve...

Can artificial intelligence save our food system? From precision farming to personalized nutrition, there are many potential technological applications in farming, food production, and food consumption. However, technological performances, user acceptance, and practical applications of the technology continue to pose challenges. In this three-part series, Chiara Cecchini investigates the main...

The University of California, Davis, has been awarded $20 million as part of a multi-institutional collaboration to establish an institute focused on enabling the next-generation food system through the integration of artificial intelligence, or AI, technologies. The award is part of a larger investment announced today (Aug. 26) by the...

CHICAGO — A new report published by the Refresh Working Group, which is funded by Google and led by the Swell Creative Group, San Francisco, aims to better understand the role artificial intelligence may play in food production, distribution, processing and consumption. Titled “Food + tech: Soil to supper,” the...