LMS Volume 33 Issue 2 | Page 28

28  B LMS  Issue 2 | 2014 Spectroscopy Mastering Milling and Baking uchi has designed the first standalone FT-NIR spectrometer, the NIRMaster, specifically for the milling and baking industry. Consistency in production and food safety are important for flour, milling and bakery producers. Thus, Buchi has also developed, through 70 years of experience, a broad range of NIR applications and reference methods to complement the spectroscopic model. The NIR Master enables one to control the quality and the nutritional facts of raw material, ingredients and final products with a dedicated at-line and off-line NIR equipment. This instrument can be set up at different locations in the production plant to provide significant information to improve business, from checking f lour shipment for conformity