What is the product?

The waste monitor od orbisk is a fully automatic food waste monitor, that gives the ability to reduce food waste by up to 50%. Orbisk provides the plug-and-play installation of the food waste monitor in the kitchen. The monitor is ready for immediate use. From day one, you will be registering all of the food waste in the kitchen automatically. No training is required, and it won't cost the staff any extra time. The food waste monitor has a camera with AI technology that automatically recognises which products are being thrown away. An online report gives you insight into your food waste. You can see per week, day or ingredient how much you are throwing out and how you can prevent this. In the data, you can see exactly when the waste occurs, and why. This way, you can optimise your supply, the purchasing process or your menu, based on data. This not only saves money, but you also prevent a lot of unnecessary food waste.

What impact does it have?

1/3 of all the food that is produced gets lost before it even reaches the consumer. In the hospitality industry that is about 150 million kilos of food per year. Up to 50% of this amount of food waste could be saved with Orbit’s technology. Beside this reduction results in a 5% improvement in the profit margin on purchasing costs.