maltlinked
maltlinked is a digital platform designed to provide end-to-end traceability for malt products used in brewing and other culinary contexts. The service was launched in 2021 by MaltLink Ltd., a company based in Glasgow, Scotland, with the aim of improving supply‑chain transparency and compliance with food‑safety regulations. By leveraging blockchain technology, maltlinked records information about the origin of barley, the conditions of malting, and the handling processes in a tamper‑evident ledger.
The core infrastructure of maltlinked consists of a permissioned distributed ledger, secure API endpoints, and a
Major breweries in the United Kingdom, Norway, and the United States have integrated maltlinked into their
Criticism of maltlinked focuses on the cost of sensor deployment in smaller farms and concerns about privacy,
maltlinked continues to evolve with updates that expand cross‑chain interoperability, making it easier to synchronize malt