With Pegamento’s Computer Vision solution, bakery Amstelveld could be quickly optimized.

Quality improves with computer vision

Challenge

Result

AI strengthens the craft of baking

Bakkerij Amstelveld is a small bread bakery specializing in baking soft small bread for the catering industry, catering wholesalers and wholesale customers. At the bakery, the quality of the final product always comes first. With the use of computer vision for quality control of the bread, Amstelveld experiences better product quality, higher efficiency of production and logistics and strategic input for possible redesign of processes.shows how traditional craftsmanship and smart technology can reinforce each other. In the bakery, everything revolves around constant quality, speed and reliability. Thousands of rolls roll off the conveyor belt every hour, with production reaching 200,000 rolls per day at peak times.

To accommodate that scale, much of the production process is automated. Mixing, kneading, rising, baking, processing and packaging are largely done by machine. Yet the baking trade remains the basis. The automation mainly takes repetitive and physically demanding work out of the hands of employees, so that they can focus on overview, quality and keeping the process running smoothly.

An important part of this is the use of AI. On the production line, a smart system checks whether buns are accidentally stuck together. Such “double” buns can cause problems further down the packing line. The AI solution recognizes these anomalies at high speed and automatically removes them from the line. In doing so, technology helps prevent disruptions, monitor quality and improve production continuity.

The case of Amstelveld Bakery shows that AI is not only relevant for digital processes or office environments. Artificial intelligence can also add immediate value in a craft production environment. Not by replacing craftsmanship, but by making the work smarter, more reliable and efficient.

The tastiest sandwiches by computer vision

When producing bread, it is important to check whether its quality is good enough before sending it to customers. Ideally, there should already be insight into the quality during the production process, so that rejected products are not packed unnecessarily. At Amstelveld this process was mostly done manually, but with the help of artificial intelligence it can now be done automatically. For Bakkerij Amstelveld, we developed a system with a normal camera in which it uses various AI networks to automatically check the bread and reject it if necessary. A first AI network looks at what type of bread is involved and makes sure that each individual roll is detected. Next, a second AI network goes to see if the quality is satisfactory. The system then actively rejects bread by controlling various reject bands via a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC).

Article in Quest

The monthly magazine Quest published an article about our services to Amstelveld Bakery in April 2026. In the article Craft intelligence nicely shows how AI directly adds value even in traditional sectors. For example, technology helps to monitor quality, prevent disruptions and relieve employees. That’s exactly what we believe in: AI that doesn’t replace craftsmanship, but enhances it. You can read the article here with permission from Quest.

"We never imagined that AI could even add to our work as bakers. We are happy with this cooperation with Pegamento and the quality that the system guarantees 24 hours a day."

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Ernst Vegter-Business consultant Pegamento

Ernst Vegter

Business Consultant

Hospitality is one of my deepest motivations.
Not surprisingly, of course, customer service is a common thread in my career. Aspects of hospitality is being able to connect, to facilitate but mainly to make someone feel genuinely welcome. My intuition is my greatest asset to be able to put myself in the shoes of a guest. A customer is my guest.

Fed by various senses, an image forms around the client. I listen to what is being said, watch facial expressions, taste the underlying tone and get a feel for the challenge to be addressed. An image literally forms on my retina. I have to be able to see it. If I can see it, I can create it.

In this, the trick is to pursue simplicity, give the client a warm feeling that the problem is understood, receive good advice, facilitated and carefully guided to the solution. Trust, connect and unburden.

The feeling when a guest arrives at your hotel after a long tiring journey, can sit in front of the fireplace, be handed a good glass of wine and stare carefree at the fire. My guest knows it will be okay.

This piece was written by Ernst Vegter, working as a Business Consultant at Pegamento.

Ger Koedam-Communication & Marketing Pegamento

Ger Koedam

Marketing & Communications

How can I help you? That’s pretty much the first question I ask when talking to people who are curious about our services. In such a conversation, the use of senses is very important. Because not everyone is the same. One person thinks in images, while for another words are important or how something feels. For me, sight and hearing are the most beautiful senses, because both eyes and ears absorb information and can convey or process emotions.

Why hearing? Because listening is essential in contact. And it’s the key to unlocking valuable insights.

I developed this skill early on. As a child, I enjoyed radio plays on the radio, bringing the stories to life in my head.

Rob Roode-Research Development

Rob Roode

Research & Development

Recognizing and automating patterns. Tasks we are constantly working on when implementing our robots at Pegamento. My 2 Drentsche Patrijshonden are hunting dogs and certainly not robots. The hunting instinct and intuition is basically in their genes. Continuing to offer new forms of training has taught them to recognize and act independently in hunting situations. Even “unsupervised,” even if I’m not around.

But when you try to teach a brain something, it also starts to see things you don’t expect. Dogs pick up on the slightest deviation in your voice or directions. To start recognizing that and correcting it again is perhaps the most complex challenge. But in our work, for the wonderful clients for whom we get to work, it often yields the most beautiful new insights!

This piece was written by Rob, founder of Pegamento and in charge of Marketing and R&D.

Serge Poppes-CEO Pegamento

Serge Poppes

CEO

Feeling. That’s the best thing Pegamento stands for. Feeling for technology in the broadest sense of the word. Not only feeling for the exciting stuff like AI, but also for the basics of communication.

The very best part of my job is selling, listening, translating and thinking about what really matters. We bring the digital transformation with a great team!
The diversity of our team, how sharp we are, but especially the wonderful things we get to make makes me feel extremely good. Hence, I intuitively chose the sense of “feeling.

Feeling gives life and differentiation!