Ethylene gas is produced by most plants, which use it as a hormone to stimulate growth & ripening. Fruits and flowers under stress can overproduce ethylene, leading them to ripen prematurely.
Every year supermarkets lose considerable amount of their fruits and vegetables to spoilage.
Now sensors are available that can detect ethylene gas that indicates when fruits ripen, which could be useful in preventing food spoilage. Once these sensors are integrated with IoT cloud, supermarkets will have the data on the expected impact on produce quality, as well as sensors integrated with IoT can provide alerts to ensure that products are handled & cooled correctly. Based on the data received in IoT, insights can provide dashboards/reports/alerting that enable smarter decisions to maximise shelf life of produce (longer lasting freshness for bananas) and improve the consumer experience.
A data driven solution
(ethylene sensors integrated with IoT) can expand the availability of fresh,
high quality produce and minimise food wastage.
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