Morinaga Milk Industry has launched “Whip no Takumi,” a new service that converts artisans' whipping techniques into data and replicates them through automated operation of a dedicated mixer. The company creates automated operating programs for each product and customer, aiming to deliver consistent whipping quality regardless of the operator's experience.
Morinaga Milk Industry has launched “Whip no Takumi,” a new service that converts cream-whipping techniques into data and replicates them through automated operation of a dedicated mixer. By quantifying techniques that have relied on artisans' intuition and experience, the service improves reproducibility and creates programs optimized for each customer.
The initiative is reported to have the potential to achieve consistent production of whipped products at a certain quality level, without being affected by the operator's level of proficiency.
The article is presented as a reprint from The Food Newspaper, and further information on future developments and the scale of adoption is awaited.