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Alpha MOS delivers a customized answer to every customer need. You will benefit from our expertise in sensory analysis instrumentation and from our support all through your sensory testing project. APPLICATIONS RANGE Our sensory evaluation instruments give practical tools for decision making in quality control & product development: - Benchmarking of competitive products and characterization of sensory differences - Sensory profiling to help select the optimal formulation - Follow-up of sensory features ageing over time (stability & shelf life testing) - Sensory quality preservation testing...
Open the catalog to page 2BENEFITS OF OUR SOLUTIONS - Make sensory evaluation more reliable and objective - Improve production sensory quality and consistency over time - Standardize sensory quality in production plants worldwide - Monitor the organoleptic features of your products - Qualify customer claims to reduce financial loss - Significantly decrease production loss thanks to an earlier detection and better reactivity on sensory defects - Speed up liberating tests on production batches
Open the catalog to page 3HERACLES is dedicated to the analysis of your products’ aromas as well as chemical molecules composing the odor. HERACLES uses flash gas chromatography and unique technical characteristics as dual column technology. This system provides unsurpassed performance in assessing the chemical composition and related sensory attributes. Several capabilities with HERACLES 'T Check with HERACLES NEO 50 'T Optimize with HERACLES NEO 100 & 150 'T Qualify with HERACLES NEO 200 & 250 'T Expertise with HERACLES NEO 300G & 300 'T Focus on essentials with HERACLES QA GUARANTEED CONSISTENCY OVER TIME: a high...
Open the catalog to page 4CHECK HERACLES NEO 50: use HERACLES NEO 50 to rapidly check compounds of interest, and identify them easily thanks to AroChemBase linked to dual GC technology. AroChemBase • Option Option • • OPTIMIZE HERACLES NEO 100 & 150: fully adapted to product development environment, HERACLES NEO 100 & 150 allow easy sample comparisons and compounds characterization with automated samples handling using a compact gas autosampler. QUALIFY HERACLES NEO 200 & 250: first step to ensure production quality (batch-to-batch consistency) and prevent any outlier by confirming the presence or absence of...
Open the catalog to page 5HERACLES QA is our dedicated solution for production environment and more specifically to assess food and beverage quality. DON'T MISS OUT OFF-ODORS ANYMORE: with this tool, focus on specific markers responsible for bad odors & tastes because of several reasons as process default, raw material contaminations, ingredient instability etc. - Monitor every production line with the same reliable system and avoid any risk to miss out off-odors - Easy to read quality information with a PASS/FAIL display - Quality assurance tool Dedicated solution for your quality assurance Only 3 development steps...
Open the catalog to page 6A unique database of molecules with numerous search capabilities to help identify the compounds detected when assessing odors. Based on the Kovats index, it delivers a list of possible molecules with related sensory attributes, sorted by relevance index. AroChemBase Features 99,000+ molecules with retention indices on several gas chromatography columns 3,500+ compounds characterized by more than 550 sensory attributes 1,800+ molecules with human smell detection thresholds Based on 10,000+ publication references Customizable and flexible library USERS PROFILE - HERACLES NEO users: generated...
Open the catalog to page 7ASTREE electronic tongue is an instrument dedicated to the analysis of your products’taste. Based on ChemFET sensor technology and conductivity measurements, this device can detect organic and inorganic compounds responsible for taste in liquids in order to assess the overall taste profile, just as the human tongue does. Powerful analytical Capabilities Taste maps for easy and fast comparison on the overall taste fingerprint: benchmarking, recipe optimization, taste stability follow-up, impact of a change in ingredient or process on the taste Quantitative analysis of taste masking...
Open the catalog to page 8IRIS Color & shape analysis Based on high resolution camera imaging under controlled lighting conditions in a closed cabinet, IRIS visual analyzer achieves a detailed measurement of products aspect (colors and shapes). The instrument can evaluate the whole product as perceived by the consumer or focus on selected portions. Powerful analytical Capabilities s Visual conformity control to check that it meets acceptable quality standards s Visual defect detection 'T Size distribution control in mixes or batches s Color stability testing over time, assessment of aspect change over time s...
Open the catalog to page 93 instruments, 1 software: AiphaSoft is the unique software platform that allows to operate all Alpha MOS sensory analysis instruments and to process measured data. It combines HERACLES, ASTREE and IRIS results to have an overall point of view of your products organoleptic properties. This powerful software covers your needs from the sample to the results: Basic statistics package Data exploration prior to building another model: Principal Components Analysis (PCA) is an easy qualitative comparison of samples. Advanced statistics package Enter another dimension of information! Quality...
Open the catalog to page 10A L P H A S 0 F T Key features AUTOMATE DATA TREATMENT: no specific skill, needed, allowing time and money savings. ALL YOUR DATA ARE UNDER ONLY ONE SOFTWARE: integrate external data to correlate instrumental results with sensory panel evaluation. MULTI LEVEL USERS: improve your team organization by giving different access levels to operators and managers, for a better traceability of results. HERACLES MORE POSSIBILITIES SENSORY ID PASS/FAIL results display for quality product assurance Save the time you were spending on understanding chromatograms results, Sensory ID is our model designed...
Open the catalog to page 11Alpha MOS France Immeuble Le Colombus, 4 rue Brindejonc des Moulinais, 31500 Toulouse - FRANCE Ph: + 33 5 62 47 53 80 Alpha MOS USA 802 Cromwell Park Drive Suite A Glen Burnie, MD 21061 - USA Ph: +001-410-553-9736 Chicago office 420 W Huron St Suite 228 Chicago, IL 60654 - USA Alpha MOS China Rm 701&706, No 1968 GongHe Xin Road, LifeHub@Daning, Jing'an District Shanghai, 200072 - CHINA Ph: +86 21 6209 3271 Specialized in electronic sensing systems, Alpha MOS is positioned as the world leader in the design and development of instruments dedicated to smell, taste and visual aspect (color and...
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