India-Sweden Collaboration - Innoscentia

Purpose and goal

More than 50 million tonnes of meat are lost or thrown away every year, largely due to misuse of expiration dates. The project´s main objective has been to digitize this system on packaged meat for reduced wastage and increased food security. The goal of the project has been to commercialize smart labels equipped with Innoscentia´s sensors and thereby reduce wastage. The project has been lagging behind due to the pandemic´s impact on the approval of the Indian partner, but has nevertheless met several of the lofty goals and contributed to meeting its aim.

Expected results and effects

Three parts were defined as the project results: 1) Economically feasible and fully production-compatible smart label with fully integrated components, 2) Printability and scalability of the sensor ink, and 3) user-friendly app for reading sensor function. These three challenges are expected to be solved within the project and thus take the product to commercialization. These have all been fulfilled or partially fulfilled and a functional prototype and associated app is available. For a commercialization, there are still a number of parts that must be met.

Planned approach and implementation

Innoscentia AB has been the Swedish project coordinator (SPC) and assists with technology and know-how while Elvikon India Pvt Ltd who has been the Indian project coordinator (IPL) contributes with solutions for scaling and printability solutions of the ink. Malmö Universitet (MaU) has made the specifications needed for hardware integration of the labels and Jyothy Institute of Technology (JIT) characterized the sensor materials and has created a tailored app. Ynvisible Interactive has acted as a subcontractor of printed electronics and hardware.