Month: November 2023

Analytical technology can help the hair industry substantiate ambitious marketing claims about shampoos and conditioners that claim to leave hair soft and manageable, make hair look more youthful or increase volume. When a hair product is marketed, certain claims are written on the packaging or in adverts with statements regarding its performance and efficacy. These […]

3D printing has made a large impact in many sectors, but its entry into the food industry has not been a simple journey. The first difficulty to overcome is the range of food products that have until now been printable. Additionally, the properties of finished 3D printed products require a large amount of research (texture […]

The Volscan Profiler was originally designed for use with bakery products. However, its use has exploded into other industries in the past few years, both food- and non-food-based. Not only is volume critical to bakery products, it is also an important physical property of agricultural products, meat, fish and packaging.   Agricultural products have the characteristic of […]

Food waste and by-products are generated in large quantities in the food industry. 38% of this waste occurs during food processing. It arises from a variety of sources including animal-derived (e.g. hooves, feathers, blood and whey) and vegetable-derived (e.g. peelings, seeds, starch and juice). The disposal of this waste is of detriment to the environment […]

There is a growing interest in the bakery industry involving the improvement of the nutritional profile of bakery products. One of the most common ways to improve this nutritional profile is by the use of substitute ingredients, including replacements for carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.   Carbohydrates can have a negative influence on the metabolism, and […]

Many powders can potentially gain strength and cake during processing, storage and transport to the final consumer, causing the formation of lumps and aggregates, or they may be transformed into a caked bulk. This can be very undesirable, causing production delays and lost production, and represents a major product quality defect in the eyes of […]

Almost every manufacturing industry has to deal with powders and granules at some stage during production. Depending on the nature of your powders, you will have different testing priorities.   There are three main test methods programmed into Exponent software for Powder Flow Analysis: caking, cohesion and powder flow speed dependency (PFSD), as well as variations such […]

In modern chocolate manufacturing, automated equipment has replaced the manual processes that traditionally relied largely on the experience and skill of the chocolatier. For quality control purposes and customer satisfaction, it is increasingly important to apply the correct processing conditions and controlling parameters, such as time, temperature, moisture content and the relative humidity of the […]