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CST’s Turbidimeter continuously and accurately measures turbidity using NIR spectroscopy. Turbidity measurements are important indicators in many industries and applications as they not only influence the yield of the industrial process, but also detect factors which are detrimental to a system. ...
ByCustom Sensors & Technology (CST) based in Fenton, MISSOURI (USA)
FT-NIR spectroscopy is a widely used technique that can do rapid and non-destructive measurements in seconds. ...
ByBruker Corporation based in Billerica, MASSACHUSETTS (USA)
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Sugarcane was discovered in India between the 6th and 4th centuries BC by Persians. Today, sugarcane is the world's largest crop by production quantity. It is cultivated in more than 90 countries with Brazil, India and China as the top three producers. For centuries, sugarcane has been cultivated to produce sugar. Then its cultivation was expanded to produce liquors, and with today's technology, use of sugarcane is expanding into an extraordinarily diverse range of value-added products such as ethanol, ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
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There is a long history of spice adulteration, which dates back thousands of years. The main incentive behind the adulteration is economic: either reduction of cost or increase in perceived value. Most adulterants are harmless, such as adulteration with products from non-authentic geographic origins. However, some adulterants are deadly. Paprika, as an example, can be adulterated with tomato skins and brick dust, but it can also be adulterated with lead oxide and carcinogenic chemical dyes, such as Sudan I dye. ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
Monitoring chemical processes during manufacturing can be achieved with a mixture of in-line and at-line techniques, among them NIR and FTIR spectroscopy. Specac has a proven track record of supplying robust, rugged, reliable flow cells for in-line measurement. ...
BySpecac based in Orpington, UNITED KINGDOM
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Effective, safe and sustainable processes play a key role in the chemical industry. To meet these needs, BUCHI offers a variety of reliable and modern solutions for R&D, scale-up, production and quality ...
ByBUCHI based in Flawil, SWITZERLAND
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Effective measures against food fraud, efficient and healthy food processing and the development of functional food and neutraceuticals are just few of many challenges in modern Food and Beverage production and analysis. BUCHI offers classical reference methods and near infrared spectroscopy for food analysis, but also visualization of production processes using spray drying and ...
ByBUCHI based in Flawil, SWITZERLAND
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When raw materials are purchased it is critically important to verify that the correct materials have been received for quality, regulatory, and economic reasons. Often these raw materials, such as food or pharmaceutical ingredients, are transported in plastic bags or paper packaging. Packaging can be opened to perform a verification test using analytical techniques such as assays or infrared spectroscopy. ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
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Spices are aromatic plant substances used primarily for flavoring, coloring, and preserving food. Their benefits are plentiful as they add few calories to food, can contribute vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants when used in sufficient quantity, and act as a natural preservative. The industry is large and diverse with one hundred and nine varieties recognized by ISO. However, most spices are produced by small scale farmers and imported all over the world, which can make quality monitoring a difficult task. ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
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Fats and oils are recognized as essential nutrients in human diets and are presented in varying amounts in many foods. They provide the human body with a concentrated source of energy and supply essential fatty acids that are precursors for important hormones. The quality of edible fats and oils is assessed through parameters such as iodine value (IV), trans content, peroxide value (PV), anisidine value (AV), saponification number (SN), free fatty acids (FFA), and solid fat content (SFC). The traditional chemical ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
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The snack food industry includes products like potato chips, popcorn, crackers, nacho & tortilla chips, nuts, and snack bars. It is a growing industry expected to reach $220 billion in revenue by 2025, especially driven by increased demand for healthy snacks. The variation in natural ingredients used for snack food manufacturing presents challenges for quality control, often resulting in undesirable or discarded products and revenue loss. Traditional methods for monitoring parameters of interest include HPLC, ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
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Quality assurance in meat production is critical for price and brand production as well as for safeguarding human health. The financial consequences of product recall as well as the implications of poor quality in today's social media environment can have devastating effects for meat companies. Increased health awareness has made testing for fat and fatty acids especially important for meat producers. There is a demand for new quality control methods for testing sausage, poultry, ground beef, and other meat ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
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Food adulteration is at the top of the list when it comes to food safety concerns, especially following recent incidents, such as the 2008 Chinese powdered milk scandal. That scandal involved milk and infant formula along with other food materials and components being adulterated with melamine. There were an estimated 300,000 victims in total, including six infant deaths, resulting from kidney stones and other kidney ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
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Rice is one of the most important crops for feeding mankind. In 2013, rice was the world’s second largest grain crop, (corn being first), and half of the world’s population consumed rice. With the growth of the world population and global economic development, the demand for rice will continue to increase. To efficiently supply this surging demand, it is important to improve rice varieties, quality, and crop ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
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The global non-alcoholic beverage market is valued at around $1 trillion and includes carbonated soft drinks, fruit juices, sports & energy drinks, tea drinks, and bottled water. Carbonated soft drinks represent over one-third of demand and the market is very competitive, with recipes being a closely guarded secret. Sports and energy drinks have increasing demand while tea is the second most consumed beverage worldwide after water. Fruit juices are made from a wide variety of fruits and have strict labeling ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
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The cocoa bean is the seed of the tropical cacao tree and is used to make cocoa powder, chocolate from cocoa liquor, and cocoa butter. Worldwide production has grown by nearly 200% in the last forty years. Bean pods are harvested, laid out to ferment, dried, and shipped to a manufacturing plant. Manufacturing steps include cleaning, alkalization (Dutching), milling, mixing, conching, and tempering. Both the raw materials and manufacturing steps are monitored for quality control. Traditional methods such as HPLC, ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
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The global seafood market has greatly expanded due to advancements in fishing vessels, improvements in food processing and storage, and the development of the industry in new countries. While this expansion has increased market size and product choice for consumers, it has also brought on new challenges for quality testing as well as the expansion of illegal practices and fraud. Strict regulations exist but are difficult to enforce in practice. Visual inspection is usually insufficient to determine if a seafood ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
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Beer, wine, and spirits are an important part of the culture in many countries and the global alcoholic beverage market is valued at around $1.5 trillion. The manufacture of alcoholic beverages can be a complicated and time-consuming process. Parameters of interest include sugar, acidity, and fermentation monitoring as well as blend analysis in the case of wine. Raw materials, intermediates, and finished products are all monitored during the manufacturing process. Traditional methods for monitoring parameters ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)
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Pharmaceutical analysis guarantees drug safety by providing information on the identity, content, quality, purity, and stability of pharmaceutical products using analytical chemistry. Metrohm offers you a broad range of instruments and applications for quality control and for monitoring and improving drug manufacturing. With myriads of pharmacopeia-compliant analysis methods, we are your qualified partner for all chemical-pharmaceutical analysis issues and analytical method validations. In accordance with ...
ByMetrohm AG based in Herisau, SWITZERLAND
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Dairy products include milk and milk-based products such as butter, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream. Milk production in the United States is over 200 billion pounds yearly and approximately 63% of this is converted into other products. The industry is expanding due to technological advances in milk production efficiency as well as consumer demand for new and more healthy products. Butter, cheese, and yogurt production can be a complex process and there is a demand for more efficient methods of quality control, ...
ByGalaxy Scientific Inc based in Nashua, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA)