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Food Business Review | Wednesday, January 27, 2021
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The food industry has benefited greatly due to the improvement in the digital world. However, it will involve technological updates like AI in the future. People are surrounded by the headlines on 3D printed food, artificial meat, and rainbow bagels. They will change people’s relationship with food easier than before.
The latest survey by the United Nations Organization for Agriculture and Food (FAO) says that livestock production contributes to 18 % of global greenhouse gases. Numerous prominent companies in the biotechnology realm work hard to combat this situation using food technology.
Therefore, food technology has evolved in recent years, starting from robots to smart ovens that can read recipes. Therefore, automation, robotics, and AI will play a crucial role in the food industry in the upcoming years.
The latest report by the Refresh Working Group, funded by Google and led by the Swell Creative Group San Francisco, aims to comprehend better how AI would transform the food industry.
As per Ali Lange, Senior Public Policy Analyst, Google, the report has been initiated to bring technological benefits into food production, consumption, and distribution.
Food printing is a food technology that involves food production using a computer. Using food printing, producing food like meat achieves a 90 percent reduction in the greenhouse effect. Food Ink is the first innovative company in London with 3D-based food products. Many countries, including Japan, China, Mexico, and Spain, seek to contribute to their markets.
Artificial meat is one more technology that includes the laboratory preparation of meat using genetic engineering of animal cells. To convey the results of artificial meat, specific data and algorithms are utilized. Open agriculture project, under Caleb Harper, purpose to change the industry using AI and create a more engaging and sustainable food system. As per food experts, technology has mutated in every part of people’s lives without their knowledge. The food industry is now converting a step to make their lives more accessible than before.