MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641085351 A) filed by Sri Eshwar College Of Engineering on July 11, 2026, for Ai-Enabled Smart Bioactive Compostable Food Container For Freshness Monitoring And Shelf-Life Prediction.

Inventors include Pooja T; Suruthikrishna T; Karthik Sriram Sj; and Muthu Shyamala S.

The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.

Abstract: This smart food container is basically about a container made from avocado peel and pomegranate peel waste, like you take those leftovers , and you turn them into something you can actually put food in. And it’s not only for storage, it aheclkso i f hthelpe s you c food is still good to eat or not, so it’s used for that too. The container itself is made from fruit peels that can break down naturally , so it’s meant to be more eco friendly than the usual plastic ones that get used once , then tossed. The fruit p heeelplsf uhl ave certain compounds inside them that slow the food from going bad. You could think antioxidants and other natural stuff that works like a barrier against tiny living things, like mold or bacteria, I mean they don’t really grow easily when those compe.o uSond it s are ther helps keep the food fresher, for a while longer. Each smart food container comes with a code, and that code connects to a phone app. The app uses technology and looks at pictures of the food, to estimate whet her it’s stil

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