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Food industry is one of the major sources of any nation income and is basic for guaranteeing the welfare of its population. Food security is the foremost vital angle of any food and could be a key prerequisite for high-quality foods. Food industry is getting to be progressively critical to both developing and developed nations due to its role in advancing sustainable production and utilization practices, quality of life, competitiveness of businesses, and financial advance. Despite its significance, this industry faces a number of challenges that can be illuminated with Artificial Intelligence (AI) such as upgrading food quality, yield, nutrition values, sparing resources, protect food from microbes and eliminating food waste. With the appropriation of AI technology in the food industry, such as machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision, robotics, and cognitive computing, many processes operations are being optimized such as food packaging, product sorting, foreign object detection, new food product development, equipment cleaning, and supply chain management. Also, by using AI in the food industry, we can locate foods using programs on our smartphones, and we can also learn about the manufacturers from them. In this chapter we will discusses how AI is used in various stages of the food industry, such as processing, distributing, food safety, food insecurity, and food wastage, as well as some of the challenges faced by AI adoption in the food industry in light of its future potential.