# Digital Food Poisoning Detectors Peres is a Smart Device That Scans to Protect You from Bad Food By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2014-04-18 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/food-poisoning References: [treehugger](http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/portable-electronic-nose-smells-your-meat-identifies-food-poisoning-risk.html) & [getperes](http://www.getperes.com/) Peres is a device that is being called an "e-nose" and if you find yourself especially prone to food poisioning, it might just be a useful tool to have on hand, since Peres is like a [digital food sniffer](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/food-guard) and it will tell you if a food item has passed its prime. The electronic nose-like device is capable of scanning meats like beef, chicken, pork and fish, and will give you information on the freshness, health hazards and the risk of [food poisoning](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/safe-or-not) that might come with eating the meat. Peres is currently crowdfunding on [Indiegogo](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/peres-smart-way-to-protect-you-from-food-poisoning#home) and for $120, early supporters will receive one of these devices of their very own. Since the World Health Organization states that over 200 diseases are spread through food, a quick scan with Peres really can't hurt. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.1/10 - Popularity: 32% | Activity: 52% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Digital Food Sniffers:** Developing a digital nose-like device for food scanning can revolutionize the food industry in ensuring food safety and reducing food wastage. - **Smart Food Safety Devices:** Creating smart devices that can detect and alert consumers of potential health hazards associated with food products can create a disruptive innovation opportunity in the food safety market. - **Crowdfunding for Food Safety:** Crowdfunding campaigns for food safety devices, such as Peres, could be a growing trend in bringing innovative food safety technologies from ideation to market. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Food Safety:** Peres and similar devices could disrupt the traditional food safety industry by providing more efficient and cost-effective ways to detect food contamination and reduce food waste. - **Food Retail:** Integrating digital food sniffers into the food retail industry could increase consumer confidence and trust in the safety and quality of food products. - **Iot Devices:** Food safety technologies like Peres leverage IoT devices, making it possible for the IoT industry to branch out into the food safety market. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Food Safety Tracking Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecotracker.md) - [Food-Disinfecting Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/countertop-food-storage-device.md) - [Smell-Based Disease Detectors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/diagnoze.md) - [Portable Gluten Sensors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/portable-gluten-sensor.md) - [Ultrasonic Food Detoxifiers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dtx-1.md) - [Allergen-Detecting Food Testers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/allergen-alert.md) - [Waste-Combatting Food Scanners](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/food-scanners.md) - [Food Freshness-Increasing Appliances](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/food-preserver.md) - [Dietary Food Scanners](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nutrime.md)