February 01, 2015

Big Data in Food Safety and Quality

There is no question that big data, through better predictive analytics, is already paying huge dividends for many professions, but does it apply to food science and food safety?

MARTIN WIEDMANN

Food Technology Magazine

What is big data? No matter what definition is used, the term “big data” is most simply and best described by the sheer volume of data involved, which can offer the opportunity for increased insight and better decision-making that could not be accomplished by analyzing smaller data sets. Nonetheless, to uncover underlying trends, correlations, and relationships that would typically be absent from one-dimensional data alone, the analysis and management of huge data sets demand consideration of several other important aspects of big data. IBM describes big data by four key aspects: 1) the volume of data, 2) the speed at …

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