Stabilise dairy processes without adding operational complexity

Dairy processing combines thermal treatments, separation, fermentation and packaging, where temperature, residence time, material composition and process hygiene directly impact quality, food safety and yield.

Even minor deviations can affect texture, shelf life, microbiological compliance or energy performance.

Indao transforms data from pasteurisation, homogenisation, fermentation, packaging and utilities into reliable operational indicators and concrete recommendations.

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Why dairy processes are different

Processes where product quality, food safety and industrial performance must remain perfectly aligned.

Living raw material and natural variability

Milk composition (fat, protein, seasonality) directly influences process stability and final quality

Critical thermal processes

Pasteurisation, UHT and cooling must operate within strict windows to ensure safety and organoleptic properties

High hygiene requirements

Cleaning-in-place (CIP), microbiological control and traceability are central to daily operations

The challenges you face

  • Product quality stability: control of texture, viscosity, taste and consistency despite raw material variability
  • Food safety: strict control of thermal treatments and critical parameters
  • Material yield: reduction of product losses during recipe changes, cleaning and start-ups
  • Energy & utilities: optimisation of heating/cooling, water and CIP cycles in highly thermal processes
  • Equipment availability: management of fouling, thermal drift and hygiene-related downtime

The limits of your current tools

  • Monitoring often fragmented across production, quality and utilities
  • Difficulty linking process conditions to microbiological or sensory outcomes
  • Laboratory analyses available with delay → late adjustments
  • Limited visibility on actual energy performance per line or recipe
  • Low contextualisation between CIP parameters, production and product quality

What Indao delivers in practice

We design advanced analytics solutions that genuinely improve control of dairy processes, with AI as a support - explainable, controlled and field-oriented.

Real-time tracking of critical parameters (temperature, flow, pressure, holding time) in relation to product and recipe
Continuous estimation of indicators related to product stability or thermal performance based on process data
Cross-analysis of thermal treatments, production conditions and quality results to identify optimisation levers
Identification of energy overconsumption and adjustment of cycles to improve overall efficiency
Structured historisation of production conditions to support quality audits and regulatory compliance
Seamless connection to existing systems (SCADA, MES, laboratory, energy management) without disrupting operations

What you gain

Operational results - not just more dashboards

More consistent product quality

Stabilisation of critical parameters
→ reduced variations in texture and taste

Enhanced food safety

Improved visibility on thermal treatments and critical conditions

Improved material yield

Reduced losses during recipe transitions and cleaning cycles

Optimised energy performance

Finer control of heating and cooling utilities
→ reduced consumption

Increased equipment availability

Early detection of deviations impacting hygiene or thermal performance

Controlled integration

Progressive, secure deployment aligned with quality requirements

See clearly. Act decisively. Optimise sustainably.

Decisions that have already proven their impact

  • Process Performance Optimization

2Valorise

Optimising the steam network to maximise cogeneration plant performance
  • Energy

CoCEPTIO

Structuring and leveraging HVAC data to improve energy efficiency
  • Process Performance Optimization

CRM Group

Identifying key parameters in hot rolling to better control process performance
  • Data-driven Decision-Making

EKO-MYŚL

Centralising waste and energy data to improve operational control

Want to make decisions differently?

Let’s explore how your data can become a concrete operational lever.

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Whatever your activity in the food & beverage sector

Concrete levers at the core of processes

Breweries

Stabilise fermentation, cooling and packaging to reduce material losses, CO₂ consumption and energy variability

Soft drinks

Correlate parameters (carbonation, temperature, line speed) with quality defects to reduce rejects and stabilise productivity