Quality Management

Food Safety Concerns Over The Use of Calcium Carbide to Ripen Fruits: Case Study of Kenya

Kevine Otieno Aug 30, 2022, 10:25 AM

Calcium carbide has gained popularity among fruit traders in many parts of the world. This is partly due to the effectiveness of the chemical in accelerating fruit ripening, its relative low cost, and it is easily available from many back-street shops.

Quality Management

Ice Cream Plant Sanitation & Quality Control Parameters

Kevine Otieno Jul 8, 2022, 7:05 PM

Quality should be the first thing you think about whenever you set out to make any food product. Ensuring ice...

Quality Management

Methods of Butterfat Testing & Indices Used to Score Fats

Kevine Otieno Jul 18, 2022, 8:37 AM

Butter fat testing using Gerber method is one of the many quality assurance test procedures carried out in milk. It...

Quality Management

Effective Sampling Plan & Sampling Techniques To Get The Best Analytical Samples

Kevine Otieno Jul 8, 2022, 10:01 AM

Sampling facilitates comprehensive analysis of any given product for quality assurance. A sample represents the quality of the entire volume...

Processing

The Ice Cream Overrun & 6 Other Active Ice Cream Ingredients

Kevine Otieno Jul 11, 2022, 12:58 PM

A standard ice cream consists of 10% butterfat, 11% MSNF, <14% sugar, <0.4% emulsifier and stabilizer, 64.6% water, and a...

Quality Management

Total Quality Management (TQM): Principles, Tools & Shortfalls

Kevine Otieno Oct 10, 2022, 7:13 AM

Total Quality Management (TQM) is the philosophy of involving all the stakeholders in an organization in a continued effort to improve the quality and to achieve customer satisfaction. Quality can be defined as the definitive parameter that distinguishes a superior product/service from an inferior one.

Quality Management

Microbiology of Starter Cultures: Why Bacteria Matter

Kevine Otieno Jul 8, 2022, 7:44 PM

Several microorganisms including bacteria, yeast, moulds, and/or combinations thereof are necessary for milk fermentation during manufacturing of cheese and other...

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Starter Culture Growth Inhibitors: Antibiotics and Phages

Kevine Otieno Jul 8, 2022, 7:49 PM

Mesophilic lactic starter cultures (whose optimum temperatures range between 20-30ºC) are widely used to make many fermented dairy products. In...

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Microbiology Of Starter Cultures: Types Of Bacteria

Kevine Otieno Jul 8, 2022, 7:37 PM

Whenever bacteria are mentioned, a bad thing is almost always implied. Bacteria are synonymous with diseases, poisoning, and even death....

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