Unveils World’s First A.I. Non-Visual Defect Detection, and Launches “Orca”, its Most Powerful Analyser Yet
SAO PAULO, 24 September 2024 – Singapore-based ProfilePrint, the world’s leading A.I.-driven Ingredient Quality Platform powered by its patented digital food Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) technology, has announced the signing of new agreements with Brazil’s two largest coffee exporting cooperatives, Cooxupé and Minasul, as well as Instituto CNA, a government-supported institution representing Brazil’s agricultural sectors. By adopting ProfilePrint’s A.I. solutions, these three Brazilian organisations can better support rural producers in rapid quality assessment, improving efficiency and enhancing its market competitiveness globally.
Brazil’s food and agricultural sector, a global powerhouse producing key commodities like coffee, soybeans, juices, beef, and poultry, is increasingly focused on modernising operations. However, quality control and sustainability remain significant challenges. As production scales up and environmental concerns grow, the demand for improved food quality standards intensifies.
ProfilePrint addresses this challenge with its patented technology, combining a sensor-based analyser and a cloud-based A.I. platform. The company’s analyser captures digital fingerprints of food ingredients, which are digitally processed online via A.I. models on the ProfilePrint Ingredient Quality Platform to predict quality, flavour profiles, and even blend recommendations. This digital fingerprint technology significantly reduces the need for physical sampling and logistics overheads, while ensuring consistent quality control and minimising unnecessary rejections. The adoption of ProfilePrint’s solutions represents a key step toward modernising Brazil’s agricultural processes, ultimately fostering a more sustainable and competitive industry.
The official signing ceremony was conducted at the Brazil-Singapore Business Leaders Roundtable held on 24 September in Sao Paulo, witnessed by Mr Alvin Tan, Singapore’s Minister of State for the Ministry of Trade & Industry.
The signing of these agreements comes after months of groundwork by ProfilePrint’s team in Brazil and Singapore, including partnerships with major clients through extensive R&D efforts. Most notably, these efforts have led to advancements in Non-Visual Defect (NVD) detection, one of the most challenging issues in the coffee industry. Many defects, such as internal bean damage, slight fermentation or early-stage mould, cannot be visually detected, but can significantly affect its quality and taste. The natural variability in coffee beans further complicates the challenge. Current detection requires onerous human sensory evaluation, which is subjective and prone to inconsistencies.
ProfilePrint’s proprietary A.I. technology is at the forefront of tackling this challenge. ProfilePrint’s early release for some of its major clients in Brazil and China has shown positive results, with this world’s first commercial A.I. solution for NVD detection expected to launch in early 2025.
Concomitantly, beyond its core in the coffee industry, ProfilePrint also announced its expansion to serve other ingredients and processed food with its official launch of “Orca”, its fifth generation analyser with significant extension of its analytical range, more than doubling its data acquisition within seconds. This unlocks more possibilities over and above the existing verticals ProfilePrint is serving, expanding into more complex ingredients requiring higher sensitivity such as flavourings, instant and roasted coffee, as well as processed food products.
ProfilePrint’s Founder and CEO, Mr Alan Lai, shared, “By digitising food ingredients with ProfilePrint, similar to how Microsoft first digitised documents, samples shipment and logistic overheads can be significantly reduced, enhancing human productivity and supply chain efficiency. Our partnerships in Brazil and the launch of Non-Visual Defect detection and the more powerful “Orca” analyser, not only deepen our impact in the coffee industry but also pave the way for expansion into broader agricultural ingredients and more complex processed food sectors.”
The launch of both the NVD detection and Orca, as well as these partnerships, represent a transformative milestone in the evolution of Brazil’s agricultural sector, where cutting-edge A.I. technology converges with traditional farming expertise to shape a more sustainable, efficient and forward-thinking industry. ProfilePrint is proud to play a pivotal role in this journey, helping to redefine the future of agriculture not only in Brazil but across food supply chains globally.
ProfilePrint is an AI-driven ingredient quality platform powered by a patented digital food identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) technology. ProfilePrint synthesises complex molecular data of ingredient samples into digital fingerprints, rapidly predicting its identity and quality, empowering agribusinesses to make data-driven decisions to buy, manufacture and sell better. Backed by the world’s largest food ingredient conglomerates and international venture funds, ProfilePrint is a Singapore-based company with a global footprint.
