Open Food Chain Dey Use Cardano for Kraft Heinz and Interfood

Open Food Chain dey work wit Kraft Heinz and Interfood through one platform wey dey use Cardano to anchor verifiable food supply chain records. One September 30 case study from di Cardano Foundation explain why dem choose di network and early shopper engagement wey dem measure for chocolate producer Chocolatemakers.

Kraft Heinz and Interfood’s Roles

Di collaboration cover consumer brands and industrial food supply. Kraft Heinz bring im presence for packaged food, while Interfood dey supply dairy ingredients and solutions to food and beverage manufacturers worldwide.

Open Food Chain, wey dem found for Amsterdam for 2017, dey connect producers, processors, distributors, retailers, and consumers through traceability infrastructure. Di company list both businesses as collaborators and report production use cases across cocoa, olive oil, fish, and juice.

Why Open Food Chain Chose Cardano

Di team first build dia own blockchain infrastructure before dem choose Cardano. According to di Foundation, di decision focus on transaction costs wey fit large volumes, rigorous development practices, decentralization, di UTxO model, and community governance.

Di team talk say UTxO accounting dey help prevent make di same recorded certified volume no go dey used two times. Decentralization still guide di choice of infrastructure wey independent food companies dey share.

Published claims dey anchored for Cardano and dem connect dem to dia supporting evidence. Shopper fit scan QR code to explore product origins, supply chain participants, and certifications inside browser, without to install any application or create account.

Each claim dey show im scope, review status, and di responsible organization. Evidence fit be customer-declared, certificate-based, or third party review. Separate public, business-buyer, and internal views dey allow confidential supplier information to remain outside di consumer passport.

Brands and shoppers no need to buy or hold ADA to use di product. Cardano network transaction fees still dey denominated in ADA, with blockchain operations kept behind di user interface.

Chocolatemakers Reports a 10% Scan Rate

Chocolatemakers use existing cocoa sourcing records, certificates, and supplier documentation to build passports wey person fit access from di chocolate packaging. Open Food Chain describe implementation wey no require any new business systems.

Cardano Foundation report say one in ten shoppers scan di QR code for di initial retail implementation wey involve chocolate from Peru. Those wey open di product story spend average of 42 seconds to explore am.

Chocolatemakers founder Rodney Nikkels describe di benefit as giving business buyers and consumers “one single place to check our evidence.”

Di passports support reviewed updates when evidence or product conditions change, while dem still preserve earlier versions. For Chocolatemakers, sourcing documentation wey before scatter across emails, certificates, and spreadsheets don now connect to di product and dey accessible at di point of purchase.