India, Feb. 24 -- Consumers have already begun paying closer attention to what they eat, especially by checking ingredient lists and preservative claims. The next shift will be about ensuring that these claims are not just stated on the pack, but are actually enforced throughout the supply chain.

Technology will increasingly move upstream-from checking finished products to controlling ingredient quality at the source. AI-based systems can help assess raw material quality at scale, including detecting contaminants such as aflatoxins in grains, which are difficult to identify reliably through manual inspection.

AI-based systems can help assess raw material quality at scale, including detecting contaminants such as aflatoxins in grains, wh...