Project: Reducing food waste: The first non-destructive, contactless microwave sensor to assess fruit quality

Acronym FreshAID (Reference Number: 115409)
Duration 01/10/2021 - 01/04/2024
Project Topic FreshAID is the first microwave-based non-destructive quality inspection method to accurately assess and predict the internal quality of fruits and vegetables. The end product, a microwave sensor module, can be easily integrated in any existing sorting line to provide fast and accurate assessments of fruits/vegetables quality while leaving the produce fully intact. Through an integrated smart quality control platform, FreshAID will provide a prediction of shelf-life and other quality parameters.
Network Eurostars 2
Call Eurostars Cut–off 15

Project partner

Number Name Role Country
1 Datamole S.R.O. Partner Czech Republic
2 Packman Fruit Sorting Equipment (Pty) Ltd Partner South Africa
3 Vertigo Technologies B.V. Coordinator Netherlands