Remote LED lighting technology for producing and processing food

Abstract

Food producing and processing industries face with several challenges regarding food illumination (e.g., providing a high quality light experience and color rendering while facilitating inspections) and using Ultraviolet (UV) light for sanitizing, disinfection or germicidal treatments both in food production lines and for the food itself directly or through tools (i.e., used in packaging and processing). The paper describes the development of an innovative product, called RLTProFood (remote LED light technology for processing and producing food), that was designed for giving a customized LED-based lighting system able to deliver different source light from visible to UV according the benefits required by customers. Currently developed in two main configurations (e.g., LED visible light and UV LED light), the product has its main application in the context of processing and producing fresh and possibly organic food especially fruits and vegetables.