Thank you for Subscribing to Food Business Review Weekly Brief
Thank you for Subscribing to Food Business Review Weekly Brief
By
Food Business Review | Thursday, March 03, 2022
Stay ahead of the industry with exclusive feature stories on the top companies, expert insights and the latest news delivered straight to your inbox. Subscribe today.
Advances in technology have influenced societal changes over the years, including the food and beverage sector, which is currently evolving rapidly in terms of warehousing and customer demand.
Along with the growing population, technology successfully and efficiently produces a large volume of food. Likewise, food's shelf life and safety can be enhanced with improved packaging.
Machines guarantee the quality and affordability of food while concurrently driving down the cost of keeping produce fresh and increasing its shelf life. In addition, robotic devices can help eliminate safety hazards for dangerous jobs in the food industry. For example, a butcher's program can cut hard meat precisely to avoid injuries at work.
The evolution of 3D printing has carried new applications into the food industry, such as printing a pizza to create soft foods for those unable to chew hard foods.
Technology like GPS tracking systems & satellite imagery can improve farm efficiency by watching and analyzing crop yields, soil levels, and weather patterns. Drones can locate, identify, and instantly tend to diseased or damaged crops.
The use of automated methods does not eliminate the need for food workers but improves the production of a large volume of food at a lower price.
With the increasing awareness of healthy and sustainable goods, consumers pay more attention to food labels and packaging. Through robotics and digitization, food packaging companies can find alternative plastic solutions, such as edible packaging, micro packaging, and even packaging bacteria.
Currently, 40% of America's food is wasted; however, with technology, food wastage can be reduced, and the extra food can be utilized. Furthermore, the current innovation in technology can produce food in different methods, and that alteration is considered vital to eliminate hunger and solve the problem of food waste.