Preface Free

It gives me pleasure to present this edited volume. This volume has a collection of 14 chapters. These chapters have been written by experts from different countries and diverse disciplines. This is an indication of how artificial intelligence is now everyone’s concern. The particular focus of this book is on artificial intelligence in food processing and packaging. This collection highlights the ways in which artificial intelligence can be applied in the optimization and automation of the quality control, processing, and packaging of food products. A wide range of food products have been covered including oils and fats, milk, fish and fisheries products. While reading the individual chapters you will get a feel of artificial intelligence applications including IoT and Big Data applications in the food industry. A specific chapter about E-noses and E-tongues will give you a glimpse of how new advanced sensing technologies are playing their important role in ensuring food product quality and safety. There are a couple of chapters on artificial intelligence-assisted 3D food printing. You will also appreciate how integration of technologies is leading to new emerging dimensions for different applications in the food industry.

I sincerely thank Janet Freshwater, Senior Commissioning Editor, Books at Royal Society of Chemistry for giving me the chance to present this volume before you. I also wish to thank Liangqi Li, Editorial Assistant at Royal Society of Chemistry, for her support during the different stages of publication. Finally, my heartfelt thanks are given to the expert contributors for their valuable contributions to this book.

Ashutosh Kumar Shukla

Prayagraj, India