Lupin test kits Arrow Scientific has added lupin to its extensive range of allergen test kits that can be used for testing ingredients, food contact surfaces and equipment or final products. The kits will help food manufacturers to ensure that they meet their label claims and avoid marketdamaging recalls. Two versions are available: one measures
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the level of allergen using a chemistry method and equipment, while the other is a simpler test that only takes about 10 min to perform without special equipment. Arrow Scientific www.arrowscientific.com.au
Coffee spectrophotometer The HunterLab ColorFlex coffee spectrophotometer measures the colour of ground-roasted coffee beans and provides the roaster with information on the colour and quality of green beens, ensuring a high-quality end product. Lacking universal grading standards, specialty coffee roasters often perform their own quality assessments, relying on time-consuming manual inspection. The ColorFlex device offers rapid and nondestructive colour assessment, removing the need for sorting and associated visual inspection imprecision. The spectrophotometer measures colour to facilitate more precise sorting and to enhance consistency. Quality assessment of green coffee beans commences with visual inspection, which is subjective. The same visually inspected samples can be measured by the ColorFlex coffee spectrophotometer to provide numerically objective results. These results can be stored and used to establish standards, tolerances, comparison of batch to standard and variations batch to batch, for each species and geographical origin of the beans and their blends. Novasys Group Pty Ltd www.novasys.com.au
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