The past year has underscored the crucial role that innovation plays in helping food manufacturers maintain product consistency and minimize cost of quality (COQ). While process optimization and preventative maintenance have traditionally been used for quality control in manufacturing, emerging technologies like digital olfaction enable manufacturers to unlock the power of odor data for valuable insights.

Using odor data, food manufacturers can:

• Validate incoming raw materials and ingredients—even cross suppliers
• Ensure adequate CIP runs between product lines
• Confirm end product consistency from batch to batch

This whitepaper covers some of the driving forces behind using odor data in manufacturing and quality control, and the insights that this data provides.