Minimizing Contract Testing Requirement in the Meat Sector with NIR Solutions

NIR is used across the food and feed industry to reduce or eliminate the need for costly and time consuming external testing, it also means no more waiting to release a batch or wondering about re-blends. Having an NIR instrument onsite means you have full control over your production performance, increasing speed and efficiency.  Of course on a validation basis you will need to perform a level of contract testing but the Proximate allows for these results to be added to the calibration rather than shelling out the money to prove accuracy and discarding the samples afterwards.

In my experience so far working within the meat industry, I have found that colour measurement has become increasingly important. The Proximate from Buchi can also measure colour and has the option of including the NIR and VIS region. Values are given in the universally recognised L*a*b format.

Let’s be honest, since Sir William Herschel discovered the heating effects of IR light in the NIR region, we’ve come a long way!

Our NIR Proximate systems are easy for anyone to use and the Buchi Proximate NIR has numerous features that puts it ahead of any NIR technology system currently available. Key features include:

• IP69 ingress: carry out a wash down once a week? No problem, wash down your NIR system with the production lines.
• Auto-Cal function: spending hundreds of euros on yearly validation only to throw the samples out afterwards? With the Proximate auto-cal function you can easily add these samples into your calibration, building a stronger calibration yearly.
• No doors/crevasses: the Proximate has an FDA approved sanitary design, so there is nowhere for product bits to hide and spoil. The system is completely cleanable.
• Small footprint: Smallest NIR in its league weighing 23kg Dimensions (W x D x H): 260 x 435 x 500 mm
• Colour measurement is available – NIR + VIS region is a possible configuration if colour is of interest to you.