According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, about one-third of the world’s food is wasted, and over 800 million people lack access to a decent meal.
Somdip Dey, an embedded machine learning scientist at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom, collaborated with Suman Saha, a computer engineering student at India’s University of Engineering and Management (UEM), to create the Nosh app to combat food loss and waste.
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Dey recounts, “While growing up in India in a humble family, we didn’t squander any food. But when I arrived to the UK, I realized that people around me were wasting a lot of food, and I thought that with my skills in artificial intelligence and machine learning, I could use these tools to change that.” Dey’s humble experience inspired him to create Nosh, an artificial intelligence-powered food management app that attempts to eliminate food waste at home by optimizing food consumption. Nosh also includes shopping lists, recipe suggestions, and cognitive analytics to help users make data-driven decisions about their food purchasing and waste behaviors.
Nosh has already helped over 17,000 Android and iOS customers save over 186,000 food items, lowering carbon emissions by 120 tonnes. Given the popularity of the Nosh app, Dey and Saha co-founded Nosh Technologies in 2021, a deep-tech firm focused on developing algorithms and programs to reduce food waste and promote sustainability.
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Dey goes on to say, “Having a profitable technology business is great, but we also need to think about society and the long-term sustainability of the planet so that we can leave a better world for our children and grandchildren.” Nosh Technologies, with its experience in software development and artificial intelligence, aims to achieve this.” Nosh Technologies seeks to develop technological solutions to help achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal of halving food loss and waste per capita at retail and consumer levels by 2030.
Nosh Technologies recently created a machine learning algorithm called SmartNoshWaste on the blockchain foundation for future smart cities with the goal of reducing waste in the food chain. The study was published in the Smart Cities journal, and the experimental evaluation of Nosh data revealed that it can reduce food waste in the supply chain by 9.46%. The development team also upgraded the Nosh app to include new features including Nosh Daily and Nosh Shop, which will help users better optimize food intake. The Nosh Daily feature allows the user to enjoy news and media information about food and beverages in-app, while Nosh Shop allows the user to purchase discounted food from vendors such as shops and restaurants.
According to Dey: “Although most consumers are aware of our Nosh app we are also developing several technologies using AI, blockchain, cloud computing, and edge computing for different stakeholders such as farmers, warehouse managers, and shopkeepers in the supply chain to reduce waste and improve the sustainability of the planet.”
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