SHELF LIFE INSIGHTS
Eliminate Uncertainty
A temperature deviation does not necessarily mean total loss and that the product must be discarded, leading to a negative environmental impact.
Save good food from being wasted with Foodtel!
THE PROBLEM
A Broken Cold Chain
An unbroken cold chain for food is a temperature-controlled supply chain that helps ensure the durability of temperature-sensitive foods. But what happens if the cold chain is broken and the temperature temporarily rises in one or more stages?
Today, we do not have a clear picture for different stakeholders to discuss when it comes to the consequences of breaks in the cold chain at various stages. The impact on food quality and safety depends on where the break occurs, how long it lasts, and how much the temperature rises. This makes it difficult to control, act, and correct errors in an optimal way.
Temperature Impact
Food Waste vs. Food Safety
Does the temperature increase always result in such a significant consequence for safety and durability that it justifies discarding the product, leading to negative impacts on both the economy and the environment? Or is there potential to reduce food waste?
A temperature deviation does not necessarily mean total loss and that the product must be discarded, leading to a negative environmental impact.
Therefore, it is important that a suspected damage is inspected with consideration to the impact on the shelf life in relation to the best before/expiry date.
The problem with inspections is that lab results often take several days.
How It Works
A Quick and Reliable Check
With EstiMate from Foodtel, you can quickly and easily ensure the remaining shelf life and assess whether a product is still suitable, with only one minute of manual processing. This enables efficient prevention of food waste in real-time, while providing transparency and actionable insights for producers, transporters, and receivers.
To assess the consequences of a break in the cold chain using Foodtel, the decision-maker needs access to the deviation's product and temperature information. Once this information is provided, Foodtel delivers, in real-time, a scientifically validated result showing how the shelf life is affected in relation to the best before/expiry date.
Advantages
Save good food from being wasted
The inspector is guided "step by step" according to the routine set by the Swedish Food Retailers industry guidelines "Right Temperature during Storage and Transport for Chilled and Frozen Foods"
Why use EstiMate by Foodtel?
Intelligent Food Data
At Foodtel, we turn industry data into intelligent food data
To calculate how shelf life is affected, each food item in Foodtel's database is linked to a calculation model, which is also used to calculate the best before date. Each model utilizes measured product temperature collected during identified temperature deviations to determine the rate of bacterial growth in the food.
Using this and the duration of the temperature deviation, the current bacterial culture and spoilage time under the conditions of the temperature deviation are calculated, as well as the change when the food returns to the correct storage temperature after the deviation.
DATA SOURCES
Data from Scientific Independent Institutes and Authorities
To develop scientifically validated algorithms for assessing the impact of temperature deviations on shelf life in relation to the best before/expiry date, Foodtel has collaborated with experts, microbiologists, and researchers from RISE, DMRI, LiU, and international authorities such as EFSA and FDA.
Our cloud-based B2B platform is a comprehensive collection of data, databases, and algorithms integrated into a user tool that seamlessly collaborates to provide validated, comprehensive, and independent data that complies with food regulations.
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