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Collaborative project: Development of a system for automated reduction-product monitoring for sugar, fats and salt in finished products as part of the National Reduction and Innovation Strategy. Subproject A: Coordination (RePro)

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Project code: 281A607A19
Contract period: 01.10.2020 - 30.09.2023
Budget: 552,368 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: human nutrition, data management, nutrition, consumer information, AI, Artificial Intelligence, health-related consumer protection, digital world, nutrients, labelling, food analysis, nutritional information, recommendation

The aim of the RePro project is to create a system for automated reduction-product monitoring for sugar, fats and salt in finished products within the framework of the National Reduction and Innovation Strategy (NRI). Through the interaction of different system components, RePro will automatically detect changes in the product data of industrially produced food, evaluate them using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and process them in a visually understandable way. For all product groups and subgroups, the focus is on a comparison of nutritional data (especially sugar, fats and salt) and their changes over time. Product monitoring, i.e. the recording and evaluation of the nutrient values of finished products, is of central importance within the NRI. The Max Rubner Institute (MRI) is entrusted with this product monitoring within the NRI. In previous years, the MRI has already conducted surveys of nutrient data of individual product groups. The methodology of these studies is based on purchased data and independently conducted surveys, which are very complex and time consuming. During this project the data collected by the MRI in the course of the product monitoring, which will continue during the development phase of RePro, will we compared with the data of the RePro system. The basis for this is a harmonised approach, especially with regard to the differentiation of product groups into subgroups and the definition of 'children's food'. Special search and evaluation procedures are to be implemented in the system for foods that are specifically aimed at children, e.g. in terms of the appearance of the packaging or advertising measures, according to criteria defined by the MRI. In this way, RePro is making a significant contribution to the success and acceptance of the National Reduction and Innovation Strategy for sugar, fats and salt in finished products.

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