Machine learning, led by neural networks, provides advanced quality control, safety monitoring, and process optimization across food industry domains including defect detection and predictive QC.
On 2025-10-04, a peer-reviewed review in Foods synthesized 25 studies selected from 124 Scopus records from 2005-2025 to map machine learning use for quality control in food production. It organized findings into six domains covering quality applications, defect detection and visual inspection, ingredient optimization, packaging sensors and predictive QC, supply chain traceability, and Industry 4.0 models.
- Impact 30%
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- Evidence 25%
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- Scale 20%
- 60
- Confidence 15%
- 87
- Recency 10%
- 84
Updated Jul 22, 2026 · TRV-2026-0481
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