In modern food production, producers have to meet high requirements regarding the quality of their products. Due to legal requirements for the production of, for example, milk and dairy products, but also due to pressure from consumers, there is an increasing need for fast and user-friendly methods to monitor and ensure the quality of food. The decisive advantage of process analytics is the automated control and optimization of production processes.
Process analytics with near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy enables high-quality, cost-effective and convenient solutions that achieve a rapid return on investment. The method is applied at several levels of the production chain: incoming goods inspection, process control and final product classification. Users can derive many parameters relevant to product quality from a single measurement.