TraceGains Launches First Purpose Built AI-Powered 'Certificate of Analysis' Solution to Eliminate Manual Processes and Improve Ingredient Safety and Compliance

New Intelligent Document Processing Introduces Powerful Vertical AI Model to Food and Beverage Brands Built on Rich Contextual TraceGains Data

WESTMINSTER, Colo., March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TraceGains, the leading provider of compliance, quality, and innovation solutions for the food and beverage (F&B) industry, today announced the launch of its Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) solution for material compliance and lot-level ingredient quality control. Purpose-built to streamline Certificate of Analysis (COA) processing to ensure a product's compliance in terms of quality, performance, and safety, TraceGains' IDP eliminates the need for manual processes while improving accuracy and operational efficiency across workflows.

"We designed IDP to deliver superior accuracy and reliability by continuously learning and improving with every use," said Paul Bradley, Senior Director of Product Marketing, TraceGains. "Our AI-driven solution eliminates the inefficiencies of manual data verification, empowering brands to proactively manage supply chain quality and compliance. Customer feedback indicates it is a smarter, faster way to ensure the safety and integrity of the products consumers rely on."

Built on OpenAI's foundation model, and trained and validated against global F&B industry COAs, IDP is an industry-first that delivers superior accuracy and reliability, even as COA formats evolve. Large-scale brands processing thousands of COAs monthly spend countless days and hours relying on manual inefficient and error-prone methods. TraceGains IDP improves the process by automatically reviewing inbound COAs against required specifications, flagging potential issues where additional human oversight is needed. In time-in-motion studies, IDP eliminated the average 12-minute per-page manual setup previously required, drastically reducing implementation times while ensuring data integrity and compliance.

Vertical AI Model Optimized for Food and Beverage

In today's disparate F&B supply chains millions of non-standardized documents circulate annually between suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers, containing mission-critical information on ingredient specifications, food safety, allergen declarations, and sustainability data. TraceGains IDP leverages advancements in AI and natural language processing to extract relevant information from these non-standard documents, transforming them into structured, composable data that seamlessly integrates with TraceGains solutions and flows across the supply chain.

While recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) have improved fields like legal and financial services, the availability of AI solutions optimized for F&B have yet to be realized. The release of TraceGains IDP represents the first vertically tailored AI-powered solution optimized for the industry built on OpenAI trained with decades of contextual F&B data from TraceGains. IDP provides a foundation for the future of food quality capable of addressing specialized tasks effectively, beginning with COA as the first offering.

Unlike solutions based on static, zoning-based Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technologies, IDP leverages advancements in AI to read unfamiliar and non-standard document formats with high accuracy. The system also learns over time, enhancing data extraction and accuracy as more documents are processed. Early trials demonstrate substantially higher accuracy than legacy methods, potentially matching or exceeding the accuracy of human comparison at much higher speeds. This level of accuracy is critical at preventing the leading causes for recalls or unsafe products such as contamination, equipment damage, and compliance violations.

"With the release of IDP, TraceGains is reinforcing its legacy and leadership as an F&B innovator by applying our domain expertise to advancements in AI and passing that advantage and power to customers," said Greg Heartman, Vice President, Product Management, TraceGains. "By combining our rich contextual TraceGains data with the OpenAI model, we've created a vertical-specific AI solution for brands to manage the continual quality of their supply chain and ensure consumer food safety."

TraceGains IDP integrates seamlessly with existing TraceGains solutions, simplifying onboarding for food and beverage brands looking to modernize supply chain compliance. By eliminating manual processing, enhancing data accuracy, and reducing maintenance burdens, IDP sets a new standard for intelligent automation in food safety and quality assurance.

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About TraceGains
Founded in 2008, TraceGains has revolutionized the food and beverage industry with the first Source-to-Shelf networked ecosystem. By digitizing processes and insights using advanced Artificial Intelligence, TraceGains provides comprehensive solutions for compliance, nutritional calculation and labeling, new product development, environmental, social, and governance, and packaging in collaboration with Esko and other Veralto companies. Our clients capitalize on these tools to navigate the complexities of the global food and beverage industry, ensuring safer, compliant products reach customers faster and at reduced costs, thereby creating a competitive edge in their market launches.
Trusted by over 1,500 global clients, including more than half of the top 100 food and beverage manufacturers, the TraceGains network connects brands through a vast global ecosystem of 90,000 supplier locations and over 600,000 ingredients and products.

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