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Calibration expertise, built in. We are excited to introduce the UCAL™ 5 NIR Calibration Platform for SpectraStar™ XT Series analyzers, made for companies that are building their first calibration and for teams with years of chemometrics experience. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁. Through the new KPM Web Store, users have access to over 250 SpectraStar XT calibrations for food, feed, and agricultural products for purchase. Load a ready-to-use calibration directly onto one analyzer or your full fleet. Or buy the calibration with its spectra, open it in UCAL 5, and add your own samples to build a calibration that fits your products. 𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝟱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽. Fifteen built-in lessons explain calibration basics, so no previous experience is needed. UCAL Autopilot™ builds its own calibration from your data, providing a quick cross-check of your work. UCAL Insight™ reviews your data, calibration, and validation results following ASTM and ISO practice, and marks anything that deserves a closer look. Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/dtfpAh3N #NIR #NIRSpectroscopy #Chemometrics #FoodQuality #FeedAnalysis

Sourdough is booming. Controlling it at industrial scale is another story. We are teaming up with Baking Innovation for a live webinar on the topic everyone is talking about: Sourdough Uncharted: Managing Quality in Industrial Baking Join baking expertise and analytical science in one session, and learn how to keep sourdough quality consistent from fermentation to finished loaf. Save your seat: https://lnkd.in/eephFWZP What we will cover: - Sourdough types, varieties, and feeding practices - How analytical tools support consistent quality at scale - Live Q&A with our experts Can't join live? Register anyway and we will send you the recording. #Sourdough #IndustrialBaking #Baking #FoodScience #KPMAnalytics #QualityControl

Full Article: https://lnkd.in/ggYA8ZCE Of all the places AI is showing up in food production, one use case stands out: quality. As of 2025, over 60% of AI adoption in food manufacturing centers on real-time quality inspection and contamination detection, a shift away from slow, sample-based quality testing toward continuous, automated assurance. [1] And within machine vision specifically, quality assurance and inspection is now the largest application, at 42.3% of the market, ahead of sorting and packaging. [2] When food manufacturers invest in AI, much of it goes into quality inspection. Because getting quality right protects your customers, your brand, and your margin all at once. Ready to see what continuous quality assurance looks like on your line? Let's talk. Contact us here: https://kpm.is/46KqNZ4 #FoodManufacturing #MachineVision #QualityAssurance #FoodSafety Sources: [1] BCC Research via Yahoo Finance, AI in Food Safety and Quality Control Market: https://lnkd.in/gt55MjhJ [2] DataIntelo, Machine Vision in Food Market Research Report: https://lnkd.in/gQXXPtd3

FERTILAB Análisis Agrícolas was already doing excellent work for their precision agriculture customers. What they needed was room to grow. For years, the Mexico-based lab ran its colorimetric work by hand, one sample at a time, with chloride and ammonium by manual titration. The work was accurate, but every added test meant another instrument and another set of hands. Growth meant consolidating onto a single platform. That platform was the SmartChem® 450 Discrete Analyzer. FERTILAB now processes 700 to 900 samples per day, with a daily capacity of 500 samples for chloride, 100 for ammonium, and about 50 for arginine. ROI came roughly two years. "The same staff who used to spend the day pipetting and titrating are now developing methods and building new services," said Operations Manager David Maldonado. "That shift is the real return." Thank you to our partner SICA MEDICIÓN for supporting FERTILAB from demonstration through daily use. Read onward: https://lnkd.in/gs3rrTeX #WetChemistry #DiscreteAnalysis #PrecisionAgriculture #SmartChem

𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼. 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗪𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸. Join Arnaud Dubat (KPM Analytics) and Dimitris Argyriou (Grainar) for a one-hour webinar on why laboratory milling is a decisive part of quality control. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆: Why laboratory milling is an analytical step, not just preparation How milling conditions influence flour behavior and analytical results How to make laboratory milling a reliable part of your quality control 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟲. 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄: 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭 – 𝟭𝟬:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠 (𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲): https://lnkd.in/gn7Yzdbj 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮 – 𝟱:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 (𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲): https://lnkd.in/gv3_yMvR #milling #flour #qualitycontrol #cerealscience #KPMAnalytics #Grainar

How do you measure dough consistency? At most facilities, the answer is still by hand: touch it, squeeze it, trust your gut. Europe Snacks France, one of Europe's largest producers of crackers and savory snacks, took a different path. Since 2017, their R&D team has used the Mixolab to build reference curves for every recipe. Now, before a dough ever reaches the production line, the team compares it against an "ideal curve" and adjusts consistency in the lab, not on the floor. With Mixolab, Europe Snacks has fewer production surprises, faster troubleshooting of ingredient interactions, and stronger conversations with flour suppliers backed by shared data. See how they built a database of dough knowledge: https://lnkd.in/gnQaQfhj #FoodScience #SnackManufacturing #QualityControl #Mixolab