Flavour Control Through Monitoring Salt Levels in Snack Foods CL Control Instruments are P proud of having supplied and supported many DiCromat Salt Analysers to a number of Intersnack Group companies over the past 15 years in providing monitoring of salt levels in crisps, corn chips, pretzels, Pom Bears and nuts. The DiCromat is used by many snack food manufacturers from some of the largest groups to smaller speciality snack food processors being used in quality assurance monitoring laboratories, but a larger number are installed beside production lines. It is suitable for food production Snacks production testing station. area usage being manufactured entirely from plastic and metal components with an vide security of the calibrations held in IP54 waterproof rating and eliminates the memory as set-points, which are recalled use of chemicals or glassware in a food easily with a few key-strokes. environment. Instruments used in producThe 20gram sample size is more represention by non-technical operatives are usually tative than a few milligrams (used by autofitted with the CAL Guard feature to pro- titrators) of snack product. Sample prepara-
tion takes less than two minutes with the results displayed in less than 15 seconds. A dated and timed printout is available as is PC data logging. Snacks manufacturers applications range from salt in flavourings ingredients, pellets, snacks in production and finished product quality assurance. Monitoring the level of flavour deposited on the snacks ensures a more consistent flavoured product with optimisation of relatively high cost ingredients. Dynamic higher frequency salt monitoring ensures flavour consistency of your product with its customer loyalty benefits. For evaluation of the DiCromat II Salt Analyser’s precision and practicality – please contact PCL Control Instruments, Leicester LE1 4LF, England. Tel: 44 (0)116 270 0904 or email: salesservice@pclcontrol.com. J
DiCromat Salt Analyser applications • Potato crisps & chips • Extruded corn snacks • Tortilla chips • Flavours & Spices • Dry Roasted Pea Nuts • Salted nuts • Pretzels • Crisp breads Optimum flavour control when used beside-the-line in the production area. All plastic IP-54 water-proof construction for food processing environments Finished product quality assurance in a salt monitoring laboratory % Salt result: 0.1 of Mohr titration – no chemicals, chemical solutions or glassware Sample preparation time: typically 2 minutes. Result displayed in 15 seconds
For application evaluation and on-site demonstration call:
PCL CONTROL INSTRUMENTS Tel: 44 (0)116 270 0904 Fax: 44 (0)116 270 1798 Email: sales-service@pclcontrol.com Web: pclcontrol.com
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FOOD & DRINK BUSINESS EUROPE, MAY 2013