TraceGains uses AI to target food quality, safety

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Dive Brief:

• TraceGains announced the launch of its Intelligent Document Processing platform designed for food formulators to boost quality, performance and safety. It is built to help companies achieve Certificate of Analysis from food labs, ensuring their compliance with federal standards.
• The program is built on OpenAI’s model that TraceGains said provides “superior accuracy and reliability.” In a statement, the company said the program is more intelligent than previous platforms because it can flag deviations in a formula, such as allergens in flour.
• Food producers increasingly are using AI to pursue a higher potential for their food products’ taste, safety and health attributes.

Dive Insight:

The TraceGains platform is the latest program food and beverage producers can use to improve their products by using precise, modern technology.

The company said the program is able to learn and adapt over time, eliminating the tediousness of previous platforms designed to reduce contamination and violations of food safety compliance. The platform is able to read unfamiliar documentation with high accuracy, according to TraceGains.

“With the release of IDP, TraceGains is reinforcing its legacy and leadership as an F&B innovator by applying our domain expertise to advancements in AI and passing that advantage and power to customers,” said Greg Heartman, vice president of product management at TraceGains. “By combining our rich contextual TraceGains data with the OpenAI model, we’ve created a vertical-specific AI solution for brands to manage the continual quality of their supply chain and ensure consumer food safety.”

In an email to Food Dive, TraceGains cited baked goods producer Bimbo International, which produces Entenmann’s snacks, as one company using the platform.

Major CPG companies are tapping AI to reach their food safety goals. In an interview with Food Dive this year, Manfred Aben, global vice president of science and technology at Unilever, said the company is using digital modeling and AI to predict the shelf life of its food products.