FOOD QUALITY ASSURANCE
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Get an overview of our latest products, and enter the world of AQUALAB water activity meters and SKALA.
Control your process—in real time
Forget typing several days’ worth of stale data into Excel. Instead, picture key metrics for each batch showing up on a big screen in production in real time.
Microbial Growth
Microbial growth is the reason water activity began to be used in the food industry.
Webinar: Simplify Your Approach to Product Stability
Compared to most techniques that look at powder stability, a DDI (dynamic dewpoint isotherm) curve is a simple, straightforward approach. Other methods require you to hold your product at different water activities and evaluate it through a texture analysis to see if the properties change.
Lowering water activity with humectants
How do manufacturers keep intermediate moisture foods microbially safe during a lengthy shelf-life?
Not sure which water activity instrument is right for you? Start below!
Measuring moisture content
It’s more complicated than you think. Learn more about moisture content in your product.
Water activity for safety and quality
Water activity can be used to limit microbial growth, maintain chemical stability, minimize lipid oxidation, control moisture migration, preserve texture, and predict shelf life.
WEBINAR: Maximize Excipient Effectiveness
Identify the critical water activity where an excipient will go through a phase transition in pharmaceuticals.
Water Activity and Quality of Snack Foods
Dr. Brady Carter, METER’s Director of Food Science, shows how water activity influences the quality of snack foods using examples of snack food products.
