Minimize damage when processing particles, fibres & pulp
10 April 2019 | By Tetra Pak International S.A.
Why does processing matter even more for beverages today?
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Redefining JNSD line design for 67% energy cost savings
10 April 2019 | By Tetra Pak International S.A.
The JNSD portion of the beverage industry is stable and conservative in many ways, with industrial practices built up over decades to ensure product safety and efficient production processes. So it isn’t often that something new comes along to shake things up.
The Quality Monitoring Tool for Every Brewer’s Tool Kit
4 April 2019 | By Hygiena
Anecdotes from craft brewing booms of the past (c.1997) identify poor quality as a root problem leading to market contraction. While overall quality is shaped by a bevy of factors (ingredients, process, tools, and sheer artistry of the brewmaster), one common element of outstanding craft brewers who survived the bust…
RiboPrinter® pulls Antarctica duty, helps find new antibiotic-resistant bacteria
3 April 2019 | By Hygiena
Environmental stresses like cold weather are known to induce antibiotic resistance in bacteria, as the pathogens mutate to react to any and all things potentially harmful to them. Recently, a Czech Republic research team in Antarctica used the RiboPrinter® molecular characterization system to discover a new species of Staphylococcus, one…
Two complementary rapid hygiene tests improves efficiency
3 April 2019 | By Hygiena
A leading UK cosmetics company develops, manufactures and fills bath and body care, hair care, skin care, aromatherapy, sun protection and sunless tanning products. For manufacturing efficiency, production stoppages have to be kept to a minimum, and high standards of hygiene of manufacturing equipment need to be maintained.
Aroma in High Fat Foods by Thin Film(TF)-SPME-TD-GC/MS
4 March 2019 | By GERSTEL
Food product flavours are routinely monitored for quality, authenticity, and safety. Analysis may also be necessary due to off flavour or odour complaints. Aroma and flavour profiles are unique and consist of a large number of compounds spanning a wide range of concentrations, polarities, and functional groups and complicating the…
Gut bacteria influences our health from birth onwards
20 February 2019 | By Jennewein Biotechnologie
How the microbiome develops during childhood has repercussions for the rest of our lives. It influences our risk of developing allergies, intestinal illnesses and becoming overweight. Nutrition plays an important role from the outset. Polysaccharides in breast milk – human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) – can promote a healthy intestinal flora.
App Note: VOCs in food packaging by Thermal Extraction-GC/MS
13 February 2019 | By GERSTEL
Volatile compounds in various packaging materials for filled cookies and crackers as well as soft and chewy candy products were analysed by automated direct thermal extraction combined with GC/MS.
Mineral oil residues in food – automated removal of natural interferences by online epoxidation
25 January 2019 | By Shimadzu Europa GmbH
Mineral oil (MO) residues in food raised public concern due to some elevated concentrations up to several thousand milligrams per kilogram food. Due to the chemical structures two groups of MOs can be differentiated.
What role does water play in the emerging cannabidiol sector?
19 December 2018 | By Novasina
Hear the word ‘cannabis’ and it’s perhaps an image of spliffs that most readily spring to mind. Things are changing, however. Cannabis products are increasingly promoted in countries or states where consumption of the bi-product CBD is legal.
Moisture analysis options for snack food manufacturing
12 December 2018 | By CEM Corporation
Moisture analysis plays a critical role throughout the snack food manufacturing process, from verifying incoming dry ingredients, to final product release. Moisture levels are not only critical to shelf life and flavor of the final product, but can also dramatically affect processing and extrusion characteristics.
Why using X-ray systems for checkweighing is a smart choice
12 December 2018 | By Eagle Product Inspection
X-ray inspection systems provide unrivaled performance for contaminant detection. They also perform a wide range of inline quality checks, from determining mass and providing 100% inline checkweighing inspection to assisting manufacturers meet local weights and measures regulations for package weight compliance.
Mineral oil residues in food sample preparation: Part 3, fract and collect
12 December 2018 | By Shimadzu
Mineral oil residues in food gain a lot of public concern in there recent years. No matter if talking about rice, noodles, olive oil or chocolate, there are numerous examples of mineral oil contaminations in food.
Determination of 208 pesticide residues and their metabolites in foods using Oasis PRiME HLB and Xevo TQ-GC
10 December 2018 | By Waters
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) has been a common analytical method for pesticide measurement due to its high efficiency of separation, along with its qualitative and quantitative performance.
In the pressure cooker: how operational data is changing the food & beverage industry
7 December 2018 | By OSIsoft
Food and beverage manufacturers have it tough, and the pressure cooker is only getting hotter. Consumers want a sustainable food supply, government regulations are constantly changing and many brands are producing product with ageing equipment and other older assets.
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