See Mito in action at interpack 2026
Meet us at interpack 2026 in Düsseldorf from May 7 to 13 in Hall 6 | Stand E01. See how 3D Computed Tomography (CT) inspection improves your quality control in real time.
Contact us to book a meeting in advance, or stop by our stand for a live demo.
Serious Inspection, Sweet Conversations:
Join us at the stand for a chat over an ice cream!
Reducing Food Waste with Reliable Food Inspection
In industrial food processing, a significant share of food waste does not stem from actual contamination, but from uncertainty in quality-control decisions. With BIOMETiC Mito, the only in-line 3D CT food inspection system, manufacturers can make reliable, evidence-based decisions in real time.
When inspection results are inconclusive, entire batches are often discarded as a precaution, even when most of the product is safe. This uncertainty not only affects production. It propagates across the supply chain, leading to unnecessary rejection, reprocessing, or disposal of products that could otherwise be safely distributed and consumed.
The Limits of Conventional X-ray Food Inspection
Conventional X-ray systems rely on two-dimensional imaging, which can lead to ambiguous results in complex products or packaging, particularly in glass containers or dense multipack configurations. This directly contributes to avoidable food loss on an industrial scale.
3D CT Food Inspection: A New Standard for Quality Control
BIOMETiC developed Mito, the only in-line computed tomography inspection technology available for food applications. By generating a true three-dimensional view of products and packaging, Mito enables precise detection and analysis of contaminants, even in the most complex inspection scenarios.
This level of accuracy allows manufacturers to move from assumption-based decisions to evidence-based quality control, reducing unnecessary product rejection at the source.
Mito can be integrated directly into production lines for continuous inspection, ensuring real-time verification of product integrity. The system is already implemented in industrial food production environments, with 40 systems installed worldwide, demonstrating its scalability and reliability in real operating conditions.
How 3D CT Inspection Reduces False Rejects and Waste
As one example, Mito’s in-line CT inspection helped prevent the unnecessary disposal of over 1,500 pallets of finished product that would otherwise have been discarded based on uncertain 2D X-ray results, highlighting its impact at an industrial scale. By reducing uncertainty in inspection outcomes, Mito directly addresses one of the hidden drivers of food loss. By enabling reliable, evidence-based decisions across production and quality control, CT inspection helps prevent unnecessary disposal, supports product recovery, and contributes to more efficient, resilient, and sustainable food supply chains from production to consumption.
Improving Food Quality Control Across the Supply Chain
The solution helps reduce food loss and waste across the food value chain by improving the accuracy and reliability of quality-control decisions.
It enables food producers to:
- Avoid unnecessary disposal of safe products
- recover and re-evaluate rejected batches
- reduce large-scale product recalls
- minimize food loss due to uncertainty in inspection results
- support safer and more efficient distribution of products
By transforming inspection into a tool for decision certainty across the supply chain, Mito helps reduce avoidable food waste from production to consumption.
