The Cultured Coconut Case Study
INDUSTRY:
Probiotics and Functional Foods
TYPE OF WORK:
Process Improvement, Temperature Monitoring, and Quality Control Automation
“..they were, from a personality or meshing perspective, great to work with. They did due diligence. I mean they walked around our facility and catalogued things really well for us and set us up for future work.”
Linda Peers
Founder, The Cultured Coconut
About the Client
Cultured Coconut
The Cultured Coconut, founded by Linda Peers in 2015, offers a unique dairy-free probiotic drink made from fermented coconut milk. This product contains over 4 trillion CFU of live probiotics per tablespoon, promoting gut health.
Initially launched in Nova Scotia, it has expanded to various Canadian retailers due to high demand and positive customer feedback and is currently making massive strides into the US market.
Understanding the Problem
The Challenge
As the business organically outgrew its humble beginnings, orders began to rush in. This challenge of scale meant that quality had to be rigorously monitored. A slight deviation of 5-degrees Celsius could ruin a batch of product, impede productivity, and result in costly waste and unfulfilled orders.
The Cultured Coconut Team
Production Worker standing proudly in front of bottling machine
Bottled product ready for distribution
Solving the Challenge
The Solution
To avoid any setbacks in production, it was determined that a very simple and easy to deploy temperature alerting system would notify staff of temperature changes beyond a determined threshold. These sensors were placed in the fermenting tanks, connected to groove RIO with integrated programmed logic that subsequently sends an email should an excessive temperature event occur.
Based on prior experience, Enginuity’s decision to use Opto 22’s groove RIO will allow for further implementation of process improvement with further scalability in mind.
Summarizing the Outcome
The Conclusion
It is a misnomer that process improvement and equipment effectiveness require intensive overhaul of production lines. With the simple addition of temperature sensors and an indicating notification system, the Cultured Coconut team has now eliminated the risk of high-cost production failures and can continue to scale their business into new territories around the globe.
Read the Impact
Healthy Business, Healthy Belly
Key Takeaways
Process Optimization
Scalable temperature monitoring with Opto 22’s groove RIO enabled seamless production growth without infrastructure changes.
Remote Monitoring
Real-time temperature alerting systems provided staff with instant notifications of deviations, enabling proactive intervention and reducing downtime.
Cost Efficiency
Automated alerts minimized costly losses, improved resource utilization, and enhanced operational efficiency, supporting business scalability into new markets.
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