Researchers from the Łukasiewicz-Poznań Institute of Technology and Poznań University of Technology have developed Produktoskop, a tool that will help detect dual quality products, i.e. products that have different composition in different countries. It was created at the request of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. 

Any product entering the European Union market, under the same name and in the same packaging, must have identical composition and properties (e.g. taste, behavior, shelf life). If they are different, we are dealing with so-called dual quality. This misleading commercial practice is banned in the EU. 

Produktoskop is a software based on artificial intelligence. Researchers have developed a solution that can process text, images and sound using advanced artificial intelligence algorithms. 

Produktoskop will react immediately when a review suggesting the use of dual quality appears online. This will allow the OCCP to immediately investigate a product without waiting for consumer reports. 

The software was developed under a grant from the National Center for Research and Development (NCRD) under the INFOSTRATEG III program.