Overview
With the world population reaching over 7.7 billion people in 2019, there’s one thing that unites us all— food. Whether raw, cooked, healthy, bitter, sweet, spicy or savory (the list goes on!) there are millions of foods being grown, bought, made and consumed every day. That being said by 2030, global food demand is expected to rise by 35 percent due to middle-class consumption growth from 10 to 40 percent in countries like India and China, and rise by 56 percent by 2050.
Individuals, organizations and companies around the world have been researching and finding all kinds of solutions to proactively handle the increase in food demand and reduce the food gap. While no one solution can entirely eliminate the problem, one of the best proposals is to become more efficient during the food manufacturing process to effectively reduce loss and waste. The World Resources Institute (WRI) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have found that by reducing food loss and waste 25 percent by 2050 alone would lessen the food gap by 12 percent. They also discovered nearly one-quarter of food produced for humans goes uneaten and it doesn’t just happen in people’s homes—waste occurs all along the food chain from farms, factories, stores and stoves.
Good news for food manufacturers—Minitab Statistical Software can help! Whether you’re a veteran or newcomer to the food production and packaged goods industry or even in other more traditional types of manufacturing, let us show you how to become more efficient to reduce waste, improve quality and uncover savings with our three use cases.
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