Snack Food
The Unity SpectraStar 2400 provides a NIR solution for improving the analytical testing methods at the snack food manufacturing plant. NIR analysis is a fast, safe, and reliable technology that will analyze at all critical points throughout the process to ensure food quality control. NIR is a secondary technique and is calibrated by analyzing a set of known samples. Analysis time is approximately 30 seconds per sample. This speed can provide real time results that can be used to directly impact the process.
Snack foods are found in every household and the monitoring the strict quality control standards set by the manufacturer are important to make every chip look and taste the same no matter where you buy the bag of your favorite snack food. A proper analytical testing procedure can help to ensure consistent food product quality and to save money by reducing re-work and improving cycle time. Quality control testing can be done on raw materials, during the process and on final product for everything from moisture, fat, percent seasoning and may others. Other methods that can be used for these applications are wet chemistry and image analysis.