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Seebo can help prevent quality and waste losses with automated root cause analysis. Pic: GettyImages/mady70

Seebo to ramp up AI footprint with $24m funding round

Seebo – the artificial intelligence (AI) platform used by producers like General Mills, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Mondelēz to predict and prevent quality, yield and waste losses – is planning to expand its global reach following a $24m Series B financing round.

Cheerios calls on consumers to ‘bee’ friendly and plant sunflower seeds

Nestlé Cereals has launched a campaign that offers shoppers mini boxes of sunflower seeds when they purchase a pack of the better-for-you cereal in a bid to protect the UK’s dwindling honey bee population.

Nestlé Toll House propels home baking trend with the help of an AI cookie expert

Nestlé Toll House is aiming to keep the home baking trend alive by introducing a ‘smart’ digital human that it claims will answer all of a home baker’s questions.

Food security report reveals discrepancies between West and East Europe

Despite the pandemic straining supply chains, causing food shortages and price volatility, Europe’s high-income levels and relatively low rates of inequality mean it is well placed to cope with the types of unexpected economic shocks that can drive food...