AI in Food Products

On 25 May 2026 Tokuiten finished the trial phase of its suction-type cherry tomato harvesting robot at its own farm in Chita, Aichi, and handed it to cultivation staff for routine use. A camera-based AI judges ripeness, the robot runs about five hours on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and in April 2026 one unit harvested 31 kg in a day.

Haven Greens is Canada's first fully automated AI-powered vertical greenhouse, using 25+ machine learning algorithms for climate control, harvesting, and grading to grow kale, basil, and microgreens year-round in Markham, Ontario.

At Tyddyn Cae near Pwllheli, Tomos and Ifan Ifans fitted 400 SenseHub-Allflex collars that track activity and rumination and flag cows in heat. A Farming Connect study found 147 hours of labour saved in the breeding period and a £14,060 saving from no longer keeping sweeper bulls, so the £40,868 system pays back in about 2.3 years.

In a side-by-side trial on Maristela Storti's corn farm in Jatai, Goias, Stenon's FarmLab soil sensor and WebApp produced variable-rate nitrogen recommendations that used 20% less ammonium sulfate than the farm's standard rate and gave 7.98% higher yield, adding US$163.61 profit per hectare. Stenon projects over US$347,673 if applied across the farm's 2,800 hectares.

Kraft Heinz connected over 8,000 machines across its North American factories using Azure IoT Operations and Azure Digital Twins, building 3,000+ AI use cases and progressing toward fully autonomous production lines.

Braised-duck chain Zhou Hei Ya worked with Marketingforce to rebuild its WeCom private-domain operations: multi-channel store and online acquisition, an RFM-based tag system with four member tiers, 72-hour first-order journeys, A/B-tested messaging and an HQ-plus-store model. Marketingforce says monthly GMV can reach RMB 9.6 million and expects users to pass 3.92 million.

Bimbo Bakeries USA's 'Ion' platform (built with Zebra/antuit.ai) cut forecast errors by 30% and sustained 80%+ forecast efficiency for 5+ years across 11,000+ U.S. routes and 20,000+ employees, with the AI-powered demand intelligence system driving measurable improvements in bakery route-to-market execution and inventory optimization.