Reducing fruit waste
using microwave
sensing

Fruit Grading with Microwave Sensing.

frεsco is a novel sensing technique, that allows to check internal quality fresh fruits, without destroying them. It is based on low energy microwave measurements, so that the sensor can look deep inside the fruit without modifying it. In this way it is possible to define several quality attributes, as well as defining ripeness stage, internal defects and shelf life, in a single measurement.

Luca Galatro

CEO of Vertigo technologies

talks about fresco microwave sensing

A complete and flexible sensor

Microwave sensing

Deeper penetration than other technologies and insensitive to light

All-in-one solution

One sensor for many attributes and many fruit types

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Fast

Instantaneous results, entire batches checked in minutes

Better decisions

Faster, more efficient, less waste, more money

Microwave sensing

~ 10 times deeper than NIR

Fast

>20 times faster than invasive

All-in-one solution

1 sensor for more than 6 attributes

Higher revenues

Faster, more efficient, less waste, more money

Impact in the entire value chain

From farm and greenhouse, to logistics and distribution, down to retail, frεsco provides the perfect tool for advanced decision making, time-of-harvest prediction, ripening handling, quality assessment, shelf rotation and more.