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Metaverse In Food Industry

By Vishakha Thakur

Do you enjoy ordering your favourite meal online? What if you could touch, smell, and taste your favourite dish before ordering? This may become achievable in the future, thanks to the metaverse.

The metaverse’s emergence has had an impact on several industries, particularly the food industry. The metaverse provides a digital playground for food fans, entrepreneurs, and innovators, with virtual restaurants and limited-edition recipes, as well as sustainable farming and community-oriented platforms. Metaverse is expected to provide numerous other opportunities in the food and nutrition industry.

How can the metaverse transform the food industry?

• Enabling connectivity
• seamless interactions between customers and consumers.
• Secure and safe virtual food representations for consumers.
• Health-related parameter interactions based on consumer choices.
• High quality standards to prevent foodborne diseases.

The following are the benefits for food brands in the metaverse:

People can now enjoy meals with their family and friends. They can even take cooking classes in the metaverse, which makes learning much more enjoyable. Not only that, but brands may provide thrilling experiences for customers, which can aid in branding, reaching new consumers, and maintaining existing ones.

Meeting people became tough during the work-from-home era. Restaurants, on the other hand, can work with dating apps and delivery services to provide virtual dinner dates, in which a couple can have a conversation and dine in the ambiance of a decent restaurant while eating comfortably at home.

Which food companies are exploring the metaverse?

Food brands such as Wow Bao, Chipotle, KFC, Domino’s Pizza, and Wow Momos are investing in the metaverse to capitalise on the expanding trend of virtual experiences and digital interactions.

Wao Bao

Wow Bao, a US-based restaurant franchise known for its delicious, steamed dumplings, rice and noodle bowls, soups, fresh salads, and specialty drinks, has launched ‘Dim Sum Palace’ on Roblox. Wow Bao is introducing its ‘Hot Buns Club’ loyalty program to the metaverse as a virtual scavenger hunt with real-life rewards.

Customers with Roblox accounts can claim one of 10,000 bao bun heads for their avatars, hang out in the virtual lounge, and take part in the virtual scavenger hunt. Fans that are able to play and win the treasure hunt will get a free box of baos at their local grocery shop, as well as the chance to win a free Wow Bao for a year. A free box of baos per week for 52 weeks is a great deal for all Wow Bao lovers.

Nutralite

Nutralite created history by hosting Nutraverse, a food show in the Metaverse. Sanjeev Kapoor, India’s well-known celebrity chef, hosted the gala event in his digital avatar. Thousands of customers attended the event, which showcased the chef’s digital avatar preparing three nutritious and tasty dinners with Nutralite goods.

It provided participants with an immersive virtual reality experience in which they could create avatars, interact with other participants, engage in amusing activities and games, and take selfies with the famed chef’s digital avatar. The World Records Union designated this event as the world’s first Metaverse cooking show. The live event also served as the grand finale for a recipe contest campaign in which home cooks from all over the world competed. During the grand finale event, the digital avatar of chef Sanjeev Kapoor announced the winners of the contest.

Not only food firms, but also prominent chefs, are embracing the metaverse. Vikas Khanna, a popular Indian chef, entered the metaverse by introducing his book, ‘Sacred Foods of India’, with his NFTs. The book, Phygital, is a tribute to Indian culture that will provide opportunities for home cooks, chefs, and food writers to promote cooking and see a transformation in the food sector thanks to this technology.

Chipotle

Chipotle, a fast-casual Mexican restaurant franchise, uses the metaverse to provide immersive virtual dining experiences. Customers can tour virtual Chipotle locations, customise their orders, and engage with friends as they eat.

The metaverse enables Chipotle to provide unique dining experiences and engage customers in new and imaginative ways. Chipotle uses the metaverse to recruit more consumers by offering social interactions and virtual loyalty schemes. NFTs offer a great way for all the food brands to connect with their audiences and have enormous benefits for all the NFT holders as well.

KFC

KFC, a fast-food restaurant popular amongst all generations of chicken lovers, has linked the metaverse into its operations to offer virtual kitchen tours and interactive culinary experiences. Users can explore virtual KFC kitchens, learn about the cooking process, and even try their hand at making KFC’s distinctive recipes.

This interactive approach enables KFC to educate and entertain consumers while also demonstrating its cooking techniques and ingredients. KFC’s innovative usage of the Metaverse develops a sense of community, stimulates user-generated content, and strengthens brand loyalty among its customers.

Domino’s Pizza

Domino’s Pizza, a popular pizza brand, uses the metaverse to improve the ordering and delivery experience. Users can go into virtual Domino’s restaurants, customise their pizzas, and track their orders in real time. Furthermore, Domino’s incorporates augmented reality elements, allowing consumers to see their personalised pizzas before placing their orders.

Domino’s aims to improve the ordering experience by leveraging the metaverse. Domino’s may work with social VR platforms to conduct virtual events, promotions, and even in-game advertising to engage their audience. Embracing the Metaverse has the potential to transform how people interact with brands, providing unique and engaging digital experiences. 

Hence, metaverse provides clients with a real-world experience of their products, facilitating the sharing of data on substances such as nutritional values, health benefits, and allergens, as well as processing and transportation.

Metaverse has made the process of ordering food much easier and more exciting, and it also presents a lot of benefits for all users or customers. Customers may virtually sample new recipes, explore creative culinary concepts with delectable fragrances, and even participate in interactive cooking workshops with renowned chefs, all of which develop stronger emotional connections with companies.

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