Workflows
Food production involves dozens of distinct tasks, each with its own demands. Browse by workflow to find the right tools for the job you're actually doing.
Food Quality & Chemical Testing
Water Activity
Water activity reflects how much moisture in a product is available for microbes to use, rather than how much water it simply contains. Testing it helps predict spoilage risk and set safe shelf-life expectations for your product.
Moisture
Unlike water activity, moisture testing captures total water content, including both free and bound water, in a product. It's essential for controlling texture, preventing spoilage, and meeting regulatory labeling standards.
pH & Acidity
pH measures how acidic or alkaline a product is, which directly affects microbial growth, texture, and flavor stability. Since many pathogens struggle to survive in low-pH environments, accurate pH and acidity testing is essential for validating preservation methods, ensuring consistent product quality, and meeting food safety regulations.
Conductivity & Salinity
Conductivity and salinity testing helps monitor salt concentration in brines, marinades, and processed foods, supporting consistent flavor, preservation, and formulation control.
BRIX / Sugar
Brix measures the sugar content of a product, expressed as the percentage of dissolved solids in a solution. It's a key quality indicator for fruit products, beverages, and sauces, helping ensure consistent sweetness, flavor, and formulation accuracy across batches.
Temperature
Temperature affects microbial activity, texture, and shelf life at every stage of production. Consistent monitoring helps verify safe cooking, cooling, and storage conditions.
Sample Preparation
Weighing
Weighing is the foundational first step in sample preparation, ensuring accurate proportions for every test that follows. Precise measurements support reliable dilutions, consistent test results, and traceability across the entire analysis process.
Grinding / Homogenizing
Grinding and homogenizing break down a sample into a uniform consistency, ensuring that any portion tested is representative of the whole product. This step is essential for accurate, repeatable results in subsequent testing, especially for products with variable texture or composition.
Mixing / Heating
Mixing and heating help bring samples to a consistent, testable state, whether that means dissolving components, extracting compounds, or ensuring uniform distribution before analysis.
Filtration
Filtration separates unwanted solids or particulates from a sample, producing a clear, consistent solution suitable for accurate testing. This step helps prevent interference in downstream analyses and ensures reliable, repeatable results.
Dilution / Liquid Handling
Dilution and liquid handling ensure samples are brought to the correct concentration for accurate testing, using precise volumetric techniques to maintain consistency across the analysis process. Careful handling at this stage reduces errors and supports reliable, repeatable results throughout the workflow.
Microbiology & Hygiene
Environmental & Surface Sampling
Environmental and surface sampling tests equipment, work surfaces, and production areas for microbial contamination, helping identify potential hygiene risks before they impact product safety. Routine sampling supports effective cleaning validation and helps maintain a consistently sanitary production environment.
Culture & Incubation
Culture and incubation involve growing microorganisms from a sample under controlled temperature and time conditions, allowing for accurate identification and enumeration of bacteria, yeast, or mold. This step is essential for detecting contamination, verifying product safety, and confirming compliance with microbiological standards.