Open Food Chain Uses Blockchain for Traceability

Open Food Chain is using blockchain to turn food supply chain data into information that consumers can check. The company works with food producers and supply chain partners to connect regulatory records with product information that can be accessed through a QR code.

Open Food Chain is a food traceability platform. The Cardano Foundation supports its blockchain infrastructure. The platform anchors verified supply chain claims on Cardano and links them to the companies and farms involved in production.

Consumers can scan a code on a product package and view information about its supply chain, including producer profiles and verified claims such as deforestation-free sourcing. The blockchain record provides a way to check the source of this information.

The project involves Kraft Heinz and Interfood, a global dairy trading company. Research support comes from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam School of Business & Economics and the Norrsken Foundation.

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