International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology, 2021 Vol. 5, Issue 11, ISSN No. 2455-2143, Pages 145-152 Published Online March 2021 in IJEAST (http://www.ijeast.com) 145 APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN FOOD INDUSTRY— A REVIEW Kakali Bandyopadhyay Head and associate professor Department of Food Technology Guru Nanak Institute Of Technology, North 24 Pargana, West Bengal, India Shiladitya Ghosh Assistant professor Department of Food Technology Guru Nanak Institute Of Technology, North 24 Pargana, West Bengal, India Riya Kumari Gope Bachelor of Technology Department of Food Technology Guru Nanak Institute Of Technology, North 24 Pargana, West Bengal, India Abstract - Artificial intelligence is a promising field for the agriculture as well as food industry. AI can manage the soil nutrients, weather condition, temperature and all these operations are done by crop and soil monitoring, disease diagnosis, intelligent spraying, crop yield prediction. Sorting of food products need many people and time both, machines with artificial intelligence take less time to recognize food items before processing it. In 2050 world’s population will reach up to 9.1 billion and only 4% of land will be left by then. During this pandemic situation of covid- 19, the thing which needed to maintain our body health is “immunity”. To maintain the immunity power of our body, it is necessary to eat healthy foods. This review is a study of – “how artificial intelligence is playing an important role in the production of healthy food products”. Food safety is a major concern of today’s Era lot of foods are wasted due to contamination, one of the basic sources of contamination of fruits and vegetables is using pest during the crop growth in agriculture which can cause nausea, Diarrhea like problems in human body. It will be a detailed study on how AI can solve the problem of scarcity of food by examine the raw fruits and vegetables before processing it. Keywords- Artificial Intelligence, Agriculture, Food product, Food Industry, Pesticides, contamination, crop management, irrigation, sorting and grading. I. INTRODUCTION Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science that concerned with building smart machines that can perform tasks that typically requires human intelligence.AI enabled technologies can predict weather conditions, analyze crop sustainability, can identify the pesticides in field, can recognize the defective raw materials during sorting, and can monitor the activities of workers in production area. Utilization of artificial intelligence in agriculture and food industry have a good impact on GDP. Production of high-quality grains need maintenance of soil temperature, humidity, PH, fertility and mineral nutrients present in the soil. Aerial vehicle drone is used for this purpose as this provides 3D maps for early soil analysis. Further these data are helpful in planning seed planting pattern, irrigation and nitrogen level management. Drones can scan the ground and after sensing the requirement of liquid it sprays liquid in the field up to five times faster than traditional machinery. Crop monitoring is a challenging step of food production and it needs more attention than any other step due to unpredictable weather conditions. During crop growth there are many unwanted plants (weed) grow which can interfere during crop growth, drones can differentiate between the useful crops and harmful weeds and accordingly it sprays pesticide only on the weeds. Drones can sense the heat emitted from crops by thermal sensor and obtained data help drones to identify the dry regions where water is needed. Not only weeds but Sometimes Due to imbalance mineral nutrients content and some other factors like bacterial and fungal infection occur in crops can destroy the crops. Some of the bacterial and fungal diseases that has affected the crops are “Black rot” in Brassicas, “bacterial canker” in tomato, capsicum, chili and fungal diseases are Anthracnose, botrytis rots and downy mildews in vegetables. AI has a huge application in food industry. This technology has helped food industry to deal with the problems of human error. Food processing industry is the fifth largest sector of the country which contributes in GDP [2]. Most of the food products are not consumable in their original stage to make