FreshIndex

Digital quality assurance for fresh produce

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With Freshindex, tsenso GmbH based in Stuttgart, offers a system for data-based quality monitoring and a fully automated supply chain in the fresh produce sector. FreshIndex offers a system for data-based quality monitoring and a fully automated supply chain in the fresh food segment. On the one hand the system consists of a portable food spectrometer that measures internal quality parameters quickly, accurately and non-destructively. A complete spectrometer measurement process takes 10 seconds and is about 10x faster than a single conventional invasive measurement. Freshindex was honoured with the International FoodTec Award 2024.

A scan gives not only one single result, e.g. sweetness in °Brix, but a variety of parameters: Brix, acidity, firmness, dry matter, color of the pulp and degree of ripeness. On the other hand, the cloud-based AI platform with its digital twin enables a high degree of accuracy in predicting the future quality or freshness of the fruit or vegetables. FreshIndex helps operators perform quality assurance tests directly during the goods receiving process and is easy and intuitive to use. Due to the cloud approach, additional input data can be processed, such as product image, origin details, temperature and humidity during transport as well as weather conditions during growth and harvesting. The predictions of the digital twin can be integrated into existing software solutions for digital quality assurance. This comprehensive application, quality inspections in incoming / outgoing goods, helps to reduce the number of rejected deliveries and thus food waste, is GDPR compliant and, as a result of GS1 EPCIS compatibility, can be connected to most common EPR systems.

More information: www.tsenso.com