Decision-makers in food and agribusiness increasingly appreciate the power of AI to evaluate the quality and identity of raw materials over traditional systems. ProfilePrint’s breathtaking invention of the so-called digital fingerprint allows users to evaluate the ingredients in a fraction of the time with no physical samples required. Such technology is bound to result in lower transport costs, higher productivity, and less harm to the environment caused by the supply chain of ingredients.
The main technology developed by ProfilePrint consists of wave detection and artificial intelligence. While creating a 3D model of the food, the instrument fingerprints the tested ingredient and then AI processes the fingerprint and evaluates the quality and defects of the sample as well as predicts its taste in a matter of seconds. This is particularly important for many sectors including coffee where it might be impossible to achieve manually checking for defects such as fermented beans or some kind of insect contamination.
According to ProfilePrint’s inventor and CEO, Alan Lai, the traditional food commerce entails several physical sampling cycles involving producers, traders, and buyers. In addition to being expensive and time-consuming, this procedure is prone to human mistake. By digitizing this process, ProfilePrint’s platform allows buyers and sellers to evaluate materials from a distance, streamlining the supply chain and reducing wasteful spending.
The potential applications of ProfilePrint’s technology extend beyond coffee and tea, with the company exploring opportunities in food security and other sectors of the global food system. Since its founding in 2017, ProfilePrint has expanded globally, with clients across six continents. The company has attracted investment from notable figures, including Yukihiro Maru, founder of Japan’s Leave a Nest Capital, who sees significant potential for the technology to address global agricultural challenges.
With its AI-powered platform, ProfilePrint is poised to play a key role in the future of food production, offering a scalable solution to improve ingredient quality assessments across a variety of industries.
