Food Industry Giants Leverage AI to Enhance Production Efficiency and Innovation
• Unilever used AI to develop a zero-salt bouillon cube, predicting the best ingredient combination and concentration to maintain taste without salt. AI helps reduce product development time from months to days.
• PepsiCo has used AI for years in areas like innovation, supply chain planning, and optimizing delivery routes. It is now testing AI for software development, call centers, and food formulations.
• Mars is opening an AI lab to drive productivity across its business, including flavor development. It aims to take complexity out of processes with AI.
• ADM leverages AI to process flavor formulation data quickly, doing predictive modeling to potentially enhance creativity in developing new flavors.
• Bayer uses AI to determine the best parent seed candidates to cross for creating high-yielding corn varieties. It accelerates the plant breeding process from every few years to 3-4 times per year.