QS Wheat: an innovative high-capacity sorting device for continuous monitoring of biochemical properties in wheat grains.

• Research unit: INNOSUISSE
• Project number: 12132.2;10 PFIW-IW

Short description (German)

QS Wheat: an innovative high-capacity sorting device for continuous monitoring of biochemical properties in wheat grains.

Short description (English)

QS Wheat: an innovative high-capacity sorting device for continuous monitoring of biochemical properties in wheat grains.

Abstract (German)

The team will develop a demonstrator for QS Wheat, a unique and very innovative sorting device that will change how wheat is processed and valued worldwide. QS Wheat will be able to analyze and sort all wheat grains of the batches 'one by one' by means of Near-Infrared (NIR) technology and separate them into biochemical quality classes (e.g. protein content) continuously and on a multi-ton range. The QS Wheat sorter will enable millers to drastically reduce production costs, increase production value, and sell the corresponding sorts of flour at higher average prices. Our initial customers are milling plants producing high-quality flour. In Europe only, QualySense has a core market of 4000 accessible millers out of a population of 7200, according to a McKinsey & Amadeus study. QS Wheat enables a miller to increase revenues in average by 3.5 MCHF over 5 years. QualySense will share with the miller part of this increase, thus representing a multi-billion market potential in Switzerland and in all rest of the world for the Company.

Abstract (English)

The team will develop a demonstrator for QS Wheat, a unique and very innovative sorting device that will change how wheat is processed and valued worldwide. QS Wheat will be able to analyze and sort all wheat grains of the batches 'one by one' by means of Near-Infrared (NIR) technology and separate them into biochemical quality classes (e.g. protein content) continuously and on a multi-ton range. The QS Wheat sorter will enable millers to drastically reduce production costs, increase production value, and sell the corresponding sorts of flour at higher average prices. Our initial customers are milling plants producing high-quality flour. In Europe only, QualySense has a core market of 4000 accessible millers out of a population of 7200, according to a McKinsey & Amadeus study. QS Wheat enables a miller to increase revenues in average by 3.5 MCHF over 5 years. QualySense will share with the miller part of this increase, thus representing a multi-billion market potential in Switzerland and in all rest of the world for the Company.