Seeing Food in

More Detail Using
Hyperspectral Imaging  

From farm to fork, ensuring quality, safety, and efficiency in food production is more critical than ever. Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) identifies small spectral variations, invisible to the human eye, to reveal new insights about the composition, freshness, and authenticity of food products. With the Living Optics Camera, real-time hyperspectral data is moving from the lab to the field, empowering and enabling a range of use cases. 

Precision Agriculture

Optimise crop health and resource use with hyperspectral imaging, detecting nutrient deficiencies, diseases, and soil conditions for better yield management. 

Food Quality and Safety Assessments

Identify contaminants, spoilage, and inconsistencies in food products, ensuring compliance with safety standards and consumer expectations. 

Crop Yield Estimates

Accurately predict harvest volumes by analyzing plant health, growth stages, and environmental factors with hyperspectral insights.

Automated Food Sorting in Manufacturing

Enhance production efficiency by differentiating between ripe and unripe produce, detecting foreign objects, and ensuring consistent quality in food processing. 

In-depth Hyperspectral Food Analysis with
the Living Optics Camera

Real-Time
Snapshot Imaging

Capture hyperspectral data at video frame rate for live data analysis.

Research to the
Real World

Robust, portable hardware combined with advanced software tools to train new computer vision algorithms for food industry analysis. 


Scalable &
Affordable

Lower cost of adoption compared to traditional HSI systems. 


Non-Destructive
Analysis

Maintain food integrity while gathering critical insights. 

Case studies

Picking the Perfect Grape with Hyperspectral Imaging 

Small changes in grape maturity have a significant effect on wine quality. Existing techniques that measure sugar content (a parameter indicative of maturity and ripeness) are time-consuming and destructive. Hyperspectral Imaging could offer a high-throughput, low-cost, non-destructive method of monitoring grape sugar content for optimal harvesting practices. 

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Counting Grapes with Hyperspectral Data for Crop Yield Estimates 

Living Optics partnered with JoJo’s Vineyards to demonstrate the feasibility and value of using snapshot video-rate hyperspectral imaging for
in-field grape counting for crop yields. 

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Weed Detection in Spinach Fields Using Hyperspectral Snapshot Imaging 

Living Optics hyperspectral imaging camera helps farmers identify weeds, maintain crop yield health and prevent economic losses.

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