Food & Beverage Manufacturers Race to Scale AI Beyond the Pilot Stage
Rockwell Automation published thought-leadership research on AI adoption in food and beverage manufacturing, drawing on its 2026 State of Smart Manufacturing Report. The survey finds nearly 90% of food and beverage manufacturers using or planning AI, but they effectively use only about 45% of the data they collect, and AI-supported processes are expected to rise from ~37% to over 60% by 2030.
Key figures
- Ai adoption pct
- nearly 90% of food & beverage manufacturers using or planning AI/ML
- Data utilized pct
- about 45% of collected data effectively used
- Workforce reshaped pct
- 93%
- Reskilled past year pct
- 40%
- Ai supported processes 2030
- expected to rise from ~37% today to more than 60% by 2030
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