AI AND ROBOTICS


AKA Studio integrates sensory experiment design tools, automated


taster scheduling systems, and real-time sensory experiment monitoring.


FINDING REAL VALUE IN AI FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT


Suzanne Callander reports on an innovative and award-winning AI-enabled solution that aims to speed up and simplify the product development process.


W


hile the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in confectionery product development is not a new


concept, the tools available to support it are changing.


AKA Studio, for example, is an AI-based


digital platform that has been created by a team of food scientists at AKA Foods to assist and simplify the innovation process for product development. It has been designed to support the unique challenges


50 • KENNEDY’S CONFECTION • DECEMBER/JANUARY 2025/26


of confectionery product development, through the provision of a centralised, intelligent workspace that brings together formulation, ingredients, process data, sensory feedback and analytical results to help speed up and make the innovation


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