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exposed to time and temperature . Just one degree of temperature change can add or subtract ten percent of food ’ s remaining fresh life . Existing date codes do not account for temperature variations in food ’ s journey from farm to fork . Consequently , these unmeasured temperature fluctuations can mean that the actual remaining life of fresh foods is often double or half of what is indicated by the date code . This discrepancy can lead to the waste of perfectly good food , or the consumption of unsafe food .
“ This is a problem in the industry right now and it leads to massive food waste . When you consider perishable goods , temperature is a major factor that affects the real remaining shelf life of the product . If you were to take milk out of the refrigerator and leave it for several hours , for example , it will diminish the shelf life of that product dramatically , and the date code doesn ’ t take that into account . While monitoring occurs all the time , it is often fragmented . Temperature , for example , can be inconsistent , even within a single pallet , with variants of as much as 30-to-50 percent on remaining shelf life from product to product ,” Yoav explains .
Top-tier freshness detection
Managing fresh foods is difficult , as small differences in time and temperature exposure for each unit throughout the cold chain lead to outsized impact on freshness and remaining shelf life . The lack of visibility into food ’ s actual remaining freshness creates challenges for D2C food brands and online grocers . Evigence ’ s solutions enable customers to manage food ’ s freshness as it
travels from the point of production to the point of sale . As such , customers can respond in real time to breaks in the cold chain and re-route shipments based on remaining freshness . They can identify patterns by geography , carrier or seasonality to avoid compromised freshness in the future and reduce load rejections on arrival or take them down to the case or retail unit level .
“ A small change in temperature creates a big swing in a product ’ s remaining shelf life . The current date code system is usually conservative to make allowances for how products are stored and kept and to avoid complaints . What our sensors , with embedded QR code scanning , enable customers to do is confidently ensure toptier freshness detection and quality control . Customers can gain actionable insights on produce freshness , supply optimization , and inventory management to reduce waste and boost customer satisfaction . Our systems can detail the actual condition of a product , enabling retailers to know when not to sell it or not to accept it from the vendor , for example ,” he details .
The chemistry inside the FreshSense™ sensor mimics the biological reaction that happens in food as it deteriorates and changes color to reflect a change in quality . The multi-mode scanning capabilities , including augmented reality ( AR ) mobile scanning and automatic production-line vision , means that scanned sensor data can be immediately uploaded to the Evigence cloud for analysis and visualization that generates in-depth dashboards powered by AI .
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