Detection of changes in a blend of ingredients for meat products

SUMMARY

A company in the meat sector received a new batch of a blend of additives and deployed Chemometric Brain to analyze it. The qualitative analysis showed that the supplier had changed the composition of the blend without notifying the customer. Chemometric Brain is a very effective tool to control the composition and authenticity of raw materials and ingredients that food companies receive from suppliers, ensuring standard quality and homogeneity.

CONTEXT

A company in the meat sector received a new batch of a blend of carrageenan and gum to be used in the production of meat products. The company deployed Chemometric Brain to analyze all the batches received from its regular suppliers. The implementation of Chemometric Brain’s statistical models allowed to identify that the supplier had changed raw materials in the blend of additives without notifying.

TESTED PRODUCT

Blend containing carrageenan and gum to be used in the production of meat products.

ISSUE

Batches of the new blend containing a different formulation (batches produced using CARRAGEENAN 2 as a stabilizer, red circle in the image) were not compliant and showed non-conformities with respect to the previous batches received (batches produced using CARRAGEENAN 1 as a stabilizer, green circle in the image).

APPROACH

Figure 1 shows the results of projecting batches manufactured using CARRAGEENAN 2 as a stabilizer onto a model including only batches with CARRAGEENAN 1. As can be seen in the image, the use of Chemometric Brain allowed the customer to identify that there were batches manufactured with a different formulation. In this case the supplier had used a different stabilizer/blinder: CARRAGEENAN 2 instead of CARRAGEENAN 1.

CONCLUSION

By deploying Chemometric Brain our customer was able to identify in a rapid, simple and effective way that their supplier had changed the blend’s composition without notifying it. Chemometric Brain is a very effective tool to control the composition and authenticity of raw materials and ingredients that food companies receive from suppliers, ensuring standard quality and homogeneity.

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