Sophy Project

the sophy project aims to develop a web-based software tool for prediction of product safety, quality and shelf life of fresh cut salads and deli salads. food producers will be able to optimise their raw material selection, product formulation and processing steps virtually. the software estimates the effect of each production step on the safety and shelf life while considering organoleptic and other quality parameters. the predictive and probabilistic models are based on existing data sets of bacterial growth and quality changes generated during previous studies as well as data generated during the project. the web-based software can be continuously expanded – even after project's end - by inserting new data sets (e.g. other food products, different environmental conditions, etc.). furthermore, the project aims not only to develop predictive and probabilistic models, but also to compile information about different processing techniques, product formulations (e.g. clean label), environ