Traceability software for cordial, juice and kombucha makers
Fruit, sugar, tea and cultures in; bottles out to cafés, shops and festivals. SmartTrace keeps every bottle linked to its brew and every brew to its lots.
The days it's built for
- Live cultures and long ferments that need their lot history months later.
- Bottles from one brew sold through many channels.
- Sugar, flavourings and packaging from many suppliers.
Set up for how you work
Production stages: Brewing, Fermenting, Bottling, Conditioning, Ready. Units, recipes, suppliers and customers are all yours to define, and SmartTrace prompts you with them from then on.
- Volume based units
- Multi stage processes with expected dates
- Bottles and caps traceable as ingredients
- Dispatch history per customer and channel
A week in SmartTrace for a drinks maker
- Loose leaf tea and sugar arrive; you record both lots. The culture from the last brew is recorded as an input too.
- You brew 200 litres. The batch records tea, sugar and culture lots and moves through fermenting and bottling.
- Bottles go to cafés, a distributor and a weekend festival.
- A café reports an over-carbonated bottle. You trace the brew, its inputs and every other customer who has bottles from it.
Names and numbers are from our demo bakery account, which you're welcome to see in a call.
Questions from soft drink, cordial, juice and kombucha makers
Is SmartTrace suitable for soft drink, cordial, juice and kombucha makers?
Yes. SmartTrace is traceability software for small food producers of all kinds, and the production stages, units, recipes and products are set up to match how soft drink, cordial, juice and kombucha makers work. Brewing, Fermenting, Bottling, Conditioning, Ready are typical stages for this kind of production, and you can change them.
What does it cost for a drinks maker?
€25 a month, everything included, unlimited batches and users, no contract. We set it up with you on a call for free, you get 7 days to try it with no card, and there's a 30 day money back guarantee after you subscribe.
Do I need a computer, or will a phone do?
Day to day recording is done on a phone or tablet. Setup and reports are easier on a laptop, but everything works on either. It's one account; the right version appears for the screen you open it on.
Can I keep using my current labels and lot numbers?
Yes. You record your suppliers' lot numbers exactly as printed, by camera or by typing. SmartTrace generates batch codes for your own output, and you can print them on QR labels or write them on your existing labels.
Other kinds of producer
Try SmartTrace with your own recipes.
We set them up with you on a call, free. 7 days to try it, then €25 a month, no contract, 30 day money back guarantee.