Success Story: AI-driven counting and weight estimation of mealworms in the food industry

Train the trainer course on Monday 12 May 2025 (14:00-15:00 CEST).

Part 1 of this course provided by EDIH-AICS, will delve into the exciting world of mealworms and AI in the food industry. This part of the course will provide a comprehensive overview of their markets; examining trends, opportunities and associated benefits.

Part 2 will present the success story of Alpha-Protein, an innovative AgriTech startup that is revolutionasing the feed and food industry through the production of mealworms as a sustainable source of protein. This part of the course will explore how the company partnered up with EDIH-ACIS to address their digitalisation needs.

Join us on this course to examine how Alpha-Protein and EDIH-AICS worked together to design the AI systems for the company’s plant planning process with the intention of automatizing different tasks, such as sampling, counting and weighing larvae. This course will be an opportunity for participants to explore Alpha-Protein and EDIH-AICS journey analysing different potential scenarios for intelligent and data-driven optimisation.  

Course agenda:

• Overview: Mealworms and AI in food industry
• Success story: Alpha-Protein
  
  • Customer needs
  • Customer solution
  • Results and impact with examples
  • Lessons learned
  • Key takeaways
• Questions & answers (participant discussion)

To enrol in and access this course and materials, please visit the eLearning Platform.

Course provider: EDIH-AICS