How do you test food processing solutions?

Adding one more notice, It's very important to develop a gage R&R (Repeatability & Reproducibility) to ensure that we have a capable and efficient measurements system that we can trust and to minimise measurements variation and optimizing both accuracy and measurements precision

In Manufacturing, primary packaging plays a vital role, Quality and Food Safety Parameters are fundamental aspects the one must watch out for with packaging material.

To test your food processing solution, you need to?prepare the samples that will undergo the treatment and compare them with the samples that will not. The samples should be representative of the raw materials or the final products that you want to apply the solution to

Iterative testing of food processing technologies necessitates careful planning, data collection, and analysis. It is critical for ensuring that your food products satisfy the needed standards and continuously meet the expectations of your customers.

More than to define objectives is to understand and define the problems, and construct indicators to define current situation, and now of course the objectives to reach.

It’s critical that whatever methods you choose are relevant to the desired attributes of the final food product. Otherwise, one can end up changing the process, but not truly optimizing it.

In certain work environments, the methods we can employ may be limited. In such cases, turning to third-party or external labs can be a viable solution. Additionally, adhering to good manufacturing practices is a fundamental requirement for any production process.

The method chosen comes down to speed and comprehensiveness. A method like benchtop analysis is standard but can be slow and expensive process. The biggest drawback of such a technique is by the time you get the qualitative results of the product, they may have been packed.

Choice and validity of the methods a) Inherent properties: Specificity, Precision and Accuracy b) Applicability of method to lab: 1- Sample size, 2- Reagents, 3- Equipment, 4- Cost, 5- Speed, 6- Reliability Need, 7- Personnel Safety, 8- Procedures

There is need to prepare the samples from raw materials which has undergone quality tests and passed before it undergo the treatment. Quality inspection of raw materials is critical

- Preparation of samples must consider: 1- Size Reduction 2- Grinding 3- Enzymatic Inactivation 4- Lipid Protection 5- Microbial Growth and Contamination - Sampling should be done in accordance with a clearly-written procedure (sampling plan) including precise details about: 1- Sampling method 2- Sampling tools 3- Number/amount of samples 4- Type and condition (25/4/-18oC) of the sample container 5- Identification of the container to be sampled (coding) 6- Special precaution for hazardous materials 7- Instructions of cleaning & storage for sampling equipment. 8- Instructions for re-sealing the opened container.

The work instructions or standard operating procedures for carrying out any tests should be clear and detailed so that it would be easy to follow step by step. The analyst should be well trained

The ideal population would be uniform throughout and identical at all locations. Such a population would be homogeneous. Sampling from such a population is simple, as a sample can be taken from any location and the analytical data obtained will be representative of the whole. In fact, most populations that are sampled are heterogeneous. Therefore, the location within a population where a sample is taken will affect the subsequent data obtained.

A totalistic view from a food analysis perspective: - Types of samples Complaint, Competitor’s, Finished product, Process control or Raw material samples (a): Determine the: 1) Purpose of analysis 2) Characteristics of Methods 3) Compound /characteristic in specific food (b): Follow the steps of analysis: 1) Select and prepare samples 2) Conduct the analysis 3) Results interpretation (c): Validity of the method a) Inherent properties (Specificity, Precision and Accuracy) b) Applicability of method to lab (Sample size, Reagents, Equipment, Cost, Speed, Reliability Need, Personnel Safety, Procedures) (d): Objectives of the analysis 1) Rapid online processing measurements 2) Official method that applicable in a well equipped lab

To test food processing solutions, you need to prepare two samples, one sample will undergo the treatments and the other will not. Then after you will carry out tests and compare the two samples results to see if there's significance difference.