Food and Beverage
Food product development, from design to research and development to commercialization, is nuanced and complex.
Foods can behave as solids, liquids, or both. Their consistency can change during the production process or during storage. They contain a mixture of protein, starch, sugar, fat, flavorings and more. From an external perspective, food products vary in shape, size and color. All these factors must be considered when developing new products.
Fourier transform near-infrared spectroscopy (FT-NIR) is a simple, relatively fast and reproducible method for analyzing powders and liquids directly and non-destructively. The Thermo Scientific Antaris II FT-NIR Analyzer can be used for method development as well as in-line quality control and as an in-line control and monitoring tool. This helps to:
- evaluate meat products, edible oils, beverages, processed foods, sugar and other sweeteners, seeds, dairy products and powdered milk;
- monitor the milk powder drying process;
- report nutritional facts and instant analyses;
- confirm the identity and uniformity of nutraceutical products and food ingredients.
Specially designed to rapidly measure viscous and liquid samples, the Thermo Scientific Nicolet Summit OA FTIR spectrometer is a robust, easy-to-use instrument that offers ideal performance and is suitable for QC testing as well as material identification.
This instrument can help you:
- enable rapid characterization of oil, liquid, syrup and paste samples;
- managing costs, verifying oil quality and ensuring consistent product appearance for snack manufacturers;
- create customer-specific applications for qualitative and quantitative analysis of food products.