Smart label

Why Vira Smart Label?

The purpose of this idea is to make expiration date labels smart, which can be easily understood and taught to all groups, such as illiterate people, combins, the elderly, as well as children. In addition, the smart label changes color and consumption by carefully monitoring the food storage conditions during the distribution and storage process by the consumer, if stored in inappropriate conditions such as storage at high temperatures, for a long time it causes food spoilage. Informs the consumer of food spoilage.

This Smart label with the ability to detect food and drug spoilage Due to its unique design, it is easily placed on the outside of the package and can be used in foods such as milk, which are in liquid form, and can be installed on the outside of the milk bottle.

The use of smart labels allows the consumer to be instantly aware of the status of the food inside the package. If the food approaches unfavorable conditions, consume the food faster and prevent the food from being lost.
Therefore, the use of this smart label, in addition to greatly reducing food waste, also increases the food health of the community and prevents poisoning of people, especially sensitive groups.
Also, one of the goals of the Vira smart label is to increase the demand for the product and increase its export potential.

Problems with food packaging and expiration date:

There are currently issues such as illegibility or distortion of current expiration dates on food packaging, and difficulty in using and understanding these types of dates on the packaging for the illiterate, combins, the elderly, and children. The inability of current consumption dates to indicate the state of storage of food from the time of production until it reaches the consumer and then storage until the end of the expiration date by the consumer and such cases cause food poisoning, especially in the group And children.

Symptoms of food poisoning that occur to ourselves or our loved ones include headache, dizziness, diarrhea, vomiting, and severe stomach pain. Sometimes, it is necessary to take medicine with a doctor’s prescription and hospitalization.

In addition, today the volume of food waste in many countries is higher than the number of hungry people in famine-stricken countries, which can somehow solve the problem of packaging not only control food prices in the country but also many environmental challenges and Socially resolve human beings as well.

Advances have been made in the field of intelligent packaging, but due to problems such as high production costs, the need for advanced technologies, as well as errors in the operation of these products, they are mostly in the research phase and can not be turned into a functional product.

A small number of products produced in developed countries in the field of intelligent packaging have very limited applications and often need to be placed inside the packaging, and therefore, may cause potential contamination of the product.
Also, the use of substances that are harmful to human health does not obtain the necessary licenses for mass use in the food industry. In addition, these products can not be used in the packaging of foodstuffs such as milk, which are in liquid form, because the placement of these labels in the milk bottle causes the release of label ingredients in the milk, resulting in contamination.

How does Vira Smart Label work?

As mentioned, the main problem with current expiration dates is that they can not be used by a wide range of people, such as the illiterate, the combiners, the elderly, and children. This smart packaging label consists of two parts. The middle part is a small tablet-like space that is filled with smart liquid and displays the status of the product in a moment based on color.

Based on the color of the smart liquid, the condition of the product is divided into 3 parts: fresh, healthy, and rotten. The color of each situation is significantly different from other situations and is easily recognizable.

It is located around the middle part of the second part, which is in this part as a reference and has three different colors. On each color, the status of that color, including fresh, healthy, and rotten, is mentioned, and the consumer can be informed about the health status of the food by comparing the color of the middle smart part with the reference part.

A noteworthy point in using this type of label is the ability to train different groups to use this type of label. This label consists of 3 fixed colors and by teaching it once to people, especially sensitive groups such as Children can be easily learned and used.

For example, when the yellow color of a smart label that indicates food spoilage appears, it is avoided by mentioning it to children or the elderly, and many such poisonings are avoided.

Another issue that is important in current expiration dates is the inability of current consumption dates to indicate the storage status of food, from the time of distribution until it reaches the consumer and then storage until the end of the expiration date by the consumer.

This smart label with its unique design instantly monitors the condition of the product and is sensitive to the causes of corruption, one of the most important of which is temperature, and if stored in unfavorable conditions with noticeable color change, the consumer will inform.

The label is designed based on the type of food or medicine and the shelf life of these materials in different conditions and can coordinate with a wide range of food and medicine, as well as the design for use in these materials.

Vira smart label is designed to track food and drug spoilage by simulating the internal environment of the product. Therefore, there is no need to use the label directly on the inside of the package and it can be easily installed on the outside of the product packaging, even items such as liquid milk.
It can also solve the main problem of current smart packaging, which is the infiltration of part of smart packaging chemicals into the packaging space and contamination of food, and does not cause any kind of contamination for food.

As mentioned, the smart tag consists of two parts, the first of which includes a smart middle part. The second part, which is the reference part for diagnosing the health status of food, is located around the middle part.
The middle part is a plastic container with a certain volume, the upper part of which is transparent, and smart liquid is injected inside this container.

The performance of the liquid is quite intelligent and shows the behavior appropriate to those conditions based on the storage conditions. For example, if you design this smart sticker for use on pasteurized milk bottles And install this label on the bottle, if the milk bottle is stored in inappropriate conditions and at ambient temperature (25 ° C), the label will automatically appear after about 6 to 8 hours (depending on the milk) from the time of storage, In this case, it changes color and shows the consumer that this bottle is kept longer than the milk at room temperature and should be avoided.

If the same bottle is kept at the temperature of the refrigerator (3 to 6 ° C) from the beginning, the time for the color of the smart liquid to change to a rotten state is 6 to 8 days (depending on the type of milk) and after this time, the consumer realizes that he should refrain from consuming this bottle of milk.

The design of this label is unique for each material according to its durability and components, and as mentioned, it is designed and operates based on the type of food.

We claim that the Vira smart label:

1: The ability to train different groups to use this type of label. Because this sticker consists of 3 fixed colors and can be easily learned and used once taught to people, especially sensitive groups such as children, the elderly, and people with disabilities.

2: This smart label, with its unique design, instantly monitors the condition of the product and is sensitive to the causes of corruption, one of the most important of which is temperature.
Informs the consumer about this issue if it is stored in unfavorable conditions with noticeable color change.

3: This label is designed based on the type of food or medicine and the shelf life of these materials in different conditions and can coordinate with a wide range of food, medicine, and design for use in these materials.

4: This smart label is designed in such a way that by simulating the internal environment of the product, it follows the spoilage of food and medicine, so there is no need to use the label directly on the inside of the package and it can be easily applied on the outside. Installed packaging. It also prevents food contamination by smart packaging chemicals.

5: Due to the simulation of the internal environment of the product and the use of the same components with the food, the accuracy of this type of smart packaging is very high and shows a behavior quite similar to the main material inside the package.

6: This product is designed as a label so it can be easily installed on all types of food and medicine packaging.

7: With this product, a significant reduction in food loss occurs.

8: Using this product reduces the rate of food and drug poisoning, especially in sensitive groups such as the elderly and children.

9: The function of this smart label is irreversible, so there is no possibility of fraud by profiteers to sell outdated products to consumers.

10: This label is a good alternative to the current expiration dates on the product packaging. There are also problems such as illegibility, distortion or change by profiteers, small size, inability to accurately display the status of the product, and so on.

Executive method of using Vira smart labels:

The procedure for using this product is very simple and the smart packaging label is installed on the outside of the package immediately after the product is packaged and starts working, constantly monitoring the condition of the product.
Inform the consumer when the product is approaching the time of spoilage so that he/she can consume the food sooner. Also, in case of product corruption, it will immediately inform the consumer about this issue to prevent any poisoning.

Important figures!

According to the information provided by the source of the World Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1398 and confirmed by the president of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 99, 35 million tons of food is discarded annually in Iran.

In 1400, this figure increased from about 2.7% of food waste in Iran compared to the world to 3%.
It is interesting to know that the Scientific Association of Urban Economics of Iran has estimated the value of this amount of food to be close to 38 trillion tomans. The Chamber of Commerce also warned in a report that food waste in Iran consumes 9.3 billion cubic meters of water, which is almost equivalent to Iran’s water consumption in the domestic and industrial sectors.
The size of the food waste figure in Iran has another interesting number, and that is that the FAO has considered the food waste figure in Iran to be equivalent to 9 EU countries.

About 450 million tons, equivalent to 30 percent of cereals, 300 million tons, equivalent to 45 percent of fruits and vegetables, 50 million tons, equivalent to 20 percent of meat, dairy products, and oilseeds, and 20 million tons, equivalent to 35 percent, of fish produced around the world they are practically discarded and taken out of the consumption cycle.

Of the 90 billion cubic meters of annual water consumption, about 80 billion cubic meters are spent on agriculture and livestock. This shows the importance of wasting food on the amount of water.

About half of the dairy waste is milk. A percentage of discarded shares belongs to the types of valves that, despite the expiration date, are still intact or break down earlier than the expiration date due to a lack of knowledge of milk storage conditions.
We try to reduce about half of this milk circulation in the first stage and prevent it from spoiling.
It is interesting to note that if we reduce this waste by 5%, we will increase the income of food factories by 12.5%.

In the next steps, the Vira team intends to reduce the problems of waste and spoilage of these foods to a desirable level by entering the packaging of meat, poultry, and fish and making them smarter, such as milk and dairy products, to prevent the country’s water loss.

We try to prevent wastage and return for factories and shops by informing and providing appropriate information about the problems in storage conditions, from production to consumption.

Also, nowadays, people tend to buy milk and other perishable foods due to a lack of sufficient confidence in the expiration date, to buy food products with daily production, and because of the Vira smart label, the health status of food in a moment, simply and simply by changing the color of the label, it creates a proper culture, increases people’s confidence in buying food, and instead of paying attention to the current expiration date of food products, they pay attention to the health status of these products.