Rheology, viscosity, texture and biotribology testing provides a wealth of information to the food and beverage industries for product development, process design and quality control applications. Our testing services, expert advice and practical consultancy support will help you measure and predict the critical quality attributes of your food based products.
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Utilising our in-house high performance rheometers, viscometers, texture analysers and tribology testing capabilities and years of professional experience we can test, measure and analyse food and drink under conditions or parameters that suit your products’ requirements. These include:
New Product Development:
- Sensory & organoleptic properties such as appearance, mouthfeel and texture
- Predicting pouring, dripping, squeezing and spreading performance
- Slip / lubricity / coating behaviours
- Film formation
- Cling and coatability
- Characterizing starch gelatinization and retrogradation
Process Design:
- Plant specification for pumping, mixing and filling
- Flow through heat exchangers
- Gelation, and cooking processes
- Identifying the impact of high shear processes on final product rheology
- Understanding melting and crystallization processes in fats
Quality Control:
- Batch testing and verification of incoming thickeners, stabilisers and other ingredients.
- Outgoing batch to batch quality testing
- Stability and shelf life predictions.
We have provided rheology and viscosity assistance to the following clients in the fields of food and drink:
Nestle, Cadbury Schweppes, Bakkavor/Geest, Coca Cola, Brothers, Gerber Foods, British Sugar, Parmalat, Tate & Lyle, Kerry, PepsiCo, Danisco
If you’d like to learn more about in this area, please take a look our food industry case studies:
- Cling and Coating Viscosity of Glazes and Foods
- Hellman’s vs Heinz : Mayonnaise Fat Reduction Rheology
- Indulgent textures in yoghurts: Lubrication and viscosity
- Predicting the Mouthfeel of Plant-based Milks
- Protein Powder Rheology
- Rheo-Microscopy Melt Profiles: Dairy Vs Vegan Cheeses
- Rheology And Tribology For Plant-Based Protein
- Rheology of condiment sauces of similar viscosity
- Rheology of Melted Cheese – Softness, Stretch and Ooze
- Rheology of Starch Gels – Gel Strength and Rigidity
- Spirited Away: Rheology, Tribology and Mouthfeel of Liqueurs
- Spreadability of Butter and Margarine
- Tribology testing of sugar-replaced soft drinks
- Using interfacial rheology to investigate stability, emulsification and foaming of plant-based proteins