Quality Control Instrumentation R THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY Let's Solve Water

For over a century, Xylem’s well known global brands have served the food & beverage market. We offer deep application expertise from decades of leading innovation with products, systems and services that address the full cycle of food and beverage production. Our products are sold into more than 150 countries. Working in true partnership with our customers and end users, we listen, learn and adapt to local environments, delivering solutions with more impact than ever before.

Welcome Increased concerns over safety, quality, and sustainability are just three of the many issues impacting the food & beverage industry. Xylem’s focus is to help solve these challenges by providing innovative, cost-effective product solutions and services that makes the job of delivering safe, high quality, consistent food products an efficient process. Thank you for your interest in Xylem and for reviewing our Food & Beverage Analytics brochure highlighting just a small part of our product offering. We encourage you to contact us with any questions, concerns and comments. Contents Introduction...

Optical Analysis Refractometers Polarimeters Spectrophotometers Photometers Dissolved Oxygen Turbidity Chemical Analysis Titrators Karl Fischer Titrators pH Electrodes Conductivity Electrodes Biochemistry Analyser GC Detectors Purge & Trap TOC Analyser VOC Analyser Physical Measurement Precision Thermometers Temperature Data Logger Humidity Data Logger Pressure Data Logger Oil Quality Viscometers Xylem’s analytical involvement spans right across the food and beverage cycle; monitoring the water used to irrigate the crops we grow in the field, within the production and cold chain distribution...

Cold Chain Raw Materials Processing and Packing Management Catering

Water Water is the lifeblood of the food and beverage industry. In fact, up to 70% of fresh water usage around the World is in agriculture, much of which is for food crops. The quality of any key ingredient is critical, and Xylem has a full suite of water quality, flow and level testing and monitoring products from the WTW, YSI, SI Analytics, Sontek, and OI Analytical brands. Xylem’s WTW and YSI brands are leaders in water quality measurement instruments. Hand held instruments used to measure a wide range of parameters, including pH, conductivity, temperature, TDS, and DO are used to test irrigation...

Livestock and Aquaculture Rapid population growth and an increased awareness of health benefits associated with seafood is projected to increase the global demand for seafood by 24%. The aquaculture industry will be required to fill the supply gap with an additional 20-30 million tons of seafood. Our focus is to provide innovative, costeffective products that make running a sustainable and efficient aquaculture operation as easy as possible. Our instrument set for aquaculture includes pHotoFlex pH and TURB colorimeters with integral pH correction and over 135 preprogrammed methods including CO2...

Fruit and Vegetables The manufacturing process starts with raw materials, whether grown in the fields or imported as dry or liquid ingredients from suppliers around the World. As well as providing premium quality, German made pH, conductivity, temperature and turbidity meters that are used right throughout the production process, OI Analytical GC detectors commonly analyse a number of raw materials for authenticity and pesticide residue and latest technology YSI 2900 series analysers play an important role too. However, one of the most used instruments is undoubtedly a refractometer that determines...

Flavours and Essences Notwithstanding the water quality being of primary importance in the food we choose to eat, flavour is undoubtedly the most important contributor to our food choice. Flavour is decided at the start of food production with sources being selected for quality and price. Flavours may be animal, vegetable, mineral or even synthetic derivatives and can be processed as fresh, organic, dried, water and emulsion or oil based product and supplied to food manufacturers further down the chain. Accurate and reproducible quality control plays an important role. Refractive index by RFM900...

Sugar and Edible Oil Juice and oil extracted from vegetables and root tubers in the form of sugar liquids and oils is an essential component of the food industry and many of the processes and analytical methods used within are common. High accuracy Peltier temperature controlled RFM340+ refractometers running at elevated temperatures are used to establish blend ratios of oils for food use including palm, corn and sunflower etc. and also for the control of biodiesel. When fitted with flow cells RFM700-Flow refractometers and ADS420 saccharimeters from part of a high accuracy sugar purity system...

Bottled Water Whether it be the result of the perceived health benefits associated with drinking bottled water, through fear of contaminated ground supplies in certain parts of the World or simply for convenience, consumption of bottled water is at an all-time high. Bottled water comes in many guises; however, no matter if marketed as purified, natural spring, mineral enhanced or finely flavoured water; they must all comply with strict regulations pertaining to naturally occurring trace compounds such as salt, mineral and heavy metal content. Although the TitroLine 7000 titrators measure titration...

Soda Carbonated soft drinks (sodas) and mixed juice drinks form one of the largest single sectors of the food and beverage industry. Made up from a blend of expensive flavours, natural and synthetic sweeteners and unique ingredients including caffeine and preservatives; not only does Xylem’s recognised products offer significant food safety and quality control auditing, it importantly provides the tools to ensure production yields are maintained so that costs and profits are kept in check! Particularly RFM300+ series refractometers are used throughout beverage production from development, to...