Food and Beverage

Chloride (NaCl) and sulfurous acid in meat products, soups or canned vegetables, water content in chocolate, titratable acid in dairy products, sugar content in soft drinks… The solutions we offer with our refractometers, density meters, potentiometric and Karl Fischer Titrators help manufactures of food and beverages to fulfill the strict regulations on the quality and safety of their products.

Food and Beverage

GPS Instrumentation Ltd. offers analytical instruments, which allow to determine a wide range of relevant parameters in the quality control of food and beverage:

Refractometers
Brix, HFCS42, HFCS55, Plato

Density Meters
Brix, Alcohol Content

Potentiometric Titrators
Chloride, Salinity, Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Acidity, Iodine Value, Saponification Value, Ascorbic Acid, Calcium

Karl Fischer Titrators
Moisture (water content)

Overview Applications Food and Beverage

The table below contains some examples of relevant quality assurance parameters in the food & beverage industry which can be determined with the instruments to offer.

Type of Product Parameter Instrument
Spirits, wine, beer, vinegar Alcohol content (after distillation) Density Meter
  Alcohol content (sake) Density Meter
  Amino acids (sake) Potentiometric Titrator
  Plato degree Density Meter
  Alcohol / extract (Beer) Density Meter
Refractometer
  pH value and titrable acidity Potentiometric Titrator
  CO2 content Potentiometric Titrator
  Chloride (NaCl) Potentiometric Titrator
  Volatile acids Potentiometric Titrator
Soft drinks Brix by refractive index Refractometer
  Brix by density Density Meter
  Citric acid Potentiometric Titrator
  Phosphoric acid Potentiometric Titrator
Milk and dairy products pH value and titrable acid Potentiometric Titrator
  Calcium Potentiometric Titrator
  Brix Refractometer
  Chloride (NaCl) Potentiometric Titrator
  Ascorbic acid Potentiometric Titrator
  Specific gravity / density Refractometer
  Kjehldahl nitrogen Potentiometric Titrator
Meat, meat extracts (bouillon), soups, spices, sauces Chloride (NaCl) Potentiometric Titrator
  Specific gravity, density (bouillon) Density Meter
  Kjeldahl nitrogen Potentiometric Titrator
  Sulfurous acid Potentiometric Titrator
  Brix (soy sauce) Refractometer
Table salt, pickling salt, spices Chloride (NaCl) Potentiometric Titrator
  Fluoride Potentiometric Titrator
  Concentration (brine) Density Meter
  Total iodine Potentiometric Titrator
  Nitrite Potentiometric Titrator
  Moisture Karl Fischer Titrator
Cocoa, coffee, tea, chocolate Brix (coffee and tea extract) Refractometer
  pH value and titrable acidity Potentiometric Titrator
  Ash alkalinity Potentiometric Titrator
  Chloride Potentiometric Titrator
  Kjeldahl nitrogen (chocolate) Potentiometric Titrator
  Free fatty acids (cocoa butter) Potentiometric Titrator
  Iodine value (cocoa butter) Potentiometric Titrator
  Refractive index (cocoa butter) Refractometer
  Saponification value (cocoa butter) Potentiometric Titrator
  Moisture (chocolate) Potentiometric Titrator
Fruit and vegetable juices, nectars, jams, honey Brix Refractometer
  Moisture (honey) Karl Fischer Titrator
  pH value and titrable acidity Potentiometric Titrator
  Ascorbic acid Potentiometric Titrator
  Sulfurous acid (sulfite) Potentiometric Titrator
  Chloride Potentiometric Titrator
  Calcium, Magnesium Potentiometric Titrator
  Ash alkalinity Potentiometric Titrator
  Formol number Potentiometric Titrator
  Reducing sugars Potentiometric Titrator
Fruits and vegetables Brix Refractometer
  Oxalic acid Potentiometric Titrator
  Chloride (NaCl) Potentiometric Titrator
  Total sulfurous acid Potentiometric Titrator
Fats, oils, butter Density, specific gravity Density Meter
  Refractive index Refractometer
  Acidity and free fatty acids Potentiometric Titrator
  Iodine value Potentiometric Titrator
  Peroxide value Potentiometric Titrator
  Saponification value Potentiometric Titrator
  Humidity Karl Fischer Titrator
  Chloride (NaCl) in butter Potentiometric Titrator
Flavors Specific gravity Density Meter
  Refractive index Refractometer
  Peroxide value Potentiometric Titrator
Sweeteners, thickening and gelling agents Saccharin Potentiometric Titrator
  Cyclamate Potentiometric Titrator
  Methoxy and ethoxy groups Potentiometric Titrator
Canned and dried vegetables, fruits and mushrooms Oxalic acid Potentiometric Titrator
  Total sulfurous acid Potentiometric Titrator
  Total acidity Potentiometric Titrator
  Chloride (NaCl) Potentiometric Titrator
Cereals Moisture Karl Fischer Titrator
Chewing gum Moisture Karl Fischer Titrator
Mineral water, drinking water pH value, acidity, alkalinity Potentiometric Titrator
  Ca, Mg and total hardness Potentiometric Titrator
  Chloride, sulfate Potentiometric Titrator
  Sulfides, hydrogen sulfide Potentiometric Titrator
  Dissolved oxygen Potentiometric Titrator
  Total and residual chloride Potentiometric Titrator
  Permanganate index Potentiometric Titrator
  CO2 content Potentiometric Titrator