Software for Food Processing

Computers are everywhere. Just as they are increasingly being used in the home, they are also increasingly being used in all aspects of the food industry, including the production plant. But they are useless without software, the programs that tell them what to do.

This column will discuss what several experts see as developments in the area of software for food processing, and will briefly describe various software packages for use in food processing and related applications.

Timothy A. Haley, As…