New vertical

Hygiene risk, mapped to
the plant itself

A food factory can pass every hygiene swab on Monday and still ship a batch it should not on Thursday. The reason is the method. Environmental monitoring today is point sampling, a handful of surfaces swabbed, sent to a lab, and a result two to three days later. By the time it lands the line has run several more shifts. You are always looking at where the risk was, never where it is now.

OnXR builds a photoreal 3D twin of your plant and lays a spectral hygiene layer over it, so the gap between lab results stops being a blind spot.

Become a foundation partner How it works
Spectral hygiene risk overlay on a food production line inside the OnXR 3D twin
The honest version

A risk map, not a bacteria camera

We layer hyperspectral and UV fluorescence imaging over a live digital twin of your plant. Cameras that see well beyond the human eye pick up the optical signatures of moisture, residue and biofilm, the conditions contamination needs to take hold, and we map those signals onto a 3D model of your actual lines, drains and worktops.

Optical imaging cannot name an organism and it cannot replace a laboratory test. It tells your team where to look and when, earlier than a swab result ever could. It supports the micro test. It does not pretend to be one.

It is not

A bacteria camera. There is no reliable optical signature that names an organism.

It does not

Replace your laboratory test. Culture stays the confirmatory result and the legal record.

It will not

Travel between plants unchanged. Every line is recalibrated and re-proven against your swabs.

Green, amber, red

Every surface in the twin carries a state. Continuously, not once a shift.

Clean

Surface reads clear.

Watch

Moisture and residue starting to build.

Act

Elevated, earlier than a swab round would flag.

Prove, then run

How a food pilot actually works

A hygiene risk map is only worth having if you can trust it. Every OnXR food pilot starts with a proving phase, and you get the scorecard, not just the conclusion.

Step 01

Capture the plant

A handheld scan builds the photoreal 3D twin. Hygiene hotspots do not move, so drains, benches and conveyor frames are scanned in place and capture fits between production runs.

Step 02

Add the spectral layer

UV-excited fluorescence carries the hygiene signal, biofilm and organic residue on food-contact surfaces. Near-infrared and short-wave infrared reflectance carries moisture, standing water and surface composition.

Step 03

Prove it against your swabs

Your team keeps swabbing as normal. We line up each swab result against what the risk map said for that surface at that time and score it, line by line, shift by shift, until the map is calibrated to your plant and the numbers hold up.

Step 04

Run it, and keep the evidence

Once proven, imaging becomes the continuous monitor and swabbing drops back to a light periodic assurance check. Date-stamped 3D records, cleaning verification and swab history sit in one pack.

Technical team on a food production line during the OnXR swab validation phase
Outcome HACCP · BRCGS · FSA

Stop swabbing blind

Time from the end of a clean to a first indication of where hygiene risk sits.

Swab round, then laboratory culture 24–48 hours
OnXR spectral risk map, directs the swab Same shift

The risk map is an indication, not a result. Laboratory culture remains the confirmatory test and the legal record.

UV
Fluorescence for hygiene
NIR
Reflectance for moisture
Swab
Validated, not eyeballed

Audit and HACCP evidence

Date-stamped 3D records of the plant, cleaning verification and swab history in one pack, ready for BRCGS audit, retailer audit and FSA inspection without a week of preparation.

One platform, six verticals

The same live twin OnXR runs for construction, facilities management, insurance, security and defence. Food production is the sixth. See all verticals.

Foundation partners

We are looking for a handful of food manufacturers

We are taking on a small number of food manufacturers as foundation partners for this new vertical. The pilot is free when you come onto the OnXR platform, and your lines help prove and calibrate the system in the real world.

Early partners shape the product and get the risk map running on their site first. If you run hygiene, food safety or QA for a manufacturer, we would like to hear from you.

Talk to us about a foundation pilot