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The milling-baking industry is facing a conundrum: Baking expertise is increasingly difficult to find, and even more difficult to retain.

Our latest white paper, "Beyond Baking Tests: Turning Sensory Evaluation into Quantifiable Metrics," explores how leading companies are tackling this by pairing their bakers' sensory expertise with analytical tools like the Mixolab.

If you’re thinking about how to future-proof your baking QC process, our new paper is worth a read.

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Baking tests are supposed to be standardized, but they fundamentally can’t be. Why? Two reasons.

First, test bakers are skilled craftspeople, not robots. They know their craft well so they can instinctively adjust as needed.

Second, baking tests are the only sensory evaluation where the person making the product is also the person judging it, introducing bias.

However, our new white paper walks through how analytical tools like Mixolab can complement baking tests to generate objective metrics that put “numbers” on the baker’s sensory evaluation.

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Does your bakery rely on subjective baking tests to make crucial quality decisions?

Baking tests are indeed an important quality control measure, but they only show the final product, leaving the baker to “guess” why the result may not have met quality expectations.

Our latest white paper, "Beyond Baking Tests: Turning Sensory Evaluation into Quantifiable Metrics," explores how leading baking brands are tackling this by pairing their bakers' sensory expertise with analytical tools like the Mixolab.

The goal isn't to replace the test baker: It's to translate what they "see" and "feel" into objective, sharable data that lives on within the organization.

Download to learn more: https://bit.ly/4sS9NJL

We are honored to be included in next week's roundtable discussion at the IAOM Annual Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, where our Senior Applications Engineer Casey Thomson will join a panel of industry experts to talk about opportunities for in milling quality assurance.

Learn more about this event: https://bit.ly/3NS5oHb

How does ascorbic acid influence dough strength and extensibility?

Our latest resource explains how Alveograph testing quantifies the impact of oxidizing agents on wheat flour performance — helping millers and bakers improve consistency and control. https://hubs.la/Q0490LM60

Engineering the perfect biscuit takes more than just great ingredients—it takes precision.

Discover how the Bahri Dağdaş International Agricultural Research Institute developed a unique Mixolab Profile to help anticipate biscuit quality. Read the full customer success story:

https://bit.ly/47DksQ3

Consumers expect their meals to match the packaging—no missing ingredients, defective seals, or foreign materials. The SiftAI® FM Foreign Material Detection System ensures your products meet those expectations, protecting consumer trust and avoiding recalls.

Compact and fully washable, SiftAI FM fits seamlessly into your processing line, offering unmatched inspection for prepared foods and frozen meals.

Learn more about how SiftAI FM benefits food manufacturers: https://hubs.la/Q04904bk0

How KPM Analytics Solves Clear Plastic Foreign Material Detection

Clear plastic is one of the most difficult foreign materials to detect in food production. And most traditional inspection systems simply can't catch it.

The risks are serious: choking hazards, microbial vectors carrying bacteria, multi-million dollar recalls, and mounting regulatory pressure.

KPM Analytics' SiftAI® Foreign Material Detection System was built specifically for this challenge. Powered by advanced AI trained to recognize the unique textures, edges, and light-reflective properties of clear plastic, SiftAI® differentiates contamination from the natural sheen of moist protein, shredded cheese, and other complex food surfaces, in real time, on the production line.

If your current inspection setup relies on X-ray or standard vision alone, it may be leaving a critical gap.

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Hyperspectral imaging doesn’t just look at food—it reads its chemical makeup, one pixel at a time. That means better safety, consistent quality, and fewer recalls.

Learn more about how hyperspectral imaging works in food processing: https://hubs.la/Q047qJP40