Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing quality of and detecting defects in retail products include a housing having an interior, a product holding surface, an image capture device configured to capture an image of the product, a lighting element configured to provide lighting within the housing, an electronic database configured to store electronic data including reference image data associated with the product and representing the product in various sizes and various quality states, and a processor-based control circuit in communication with the first image capture device and the electronic database. The control circuit is configured to obtain image data representing the image of the product, obtain the reference image data, analyze the image data and the reference image data to identify the product and identify a size of a defect present on the product, and output a notification indicating whether or not the product is of acceptable quality.