Sauce for consumer testing
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NIZO produces sauces and dressings at small scale (100-500 liter) in the food grade Processing Centre.
Sauces for consumer studies
For one of our customers, we produced a variety of specific sauces with our Limitech batch mixer and cooker.
Each batch contained about 150 litres of emulsion, to which small vegetable pieces were added and mixed to obtain a homogeneous mixture. During mixing, the products were heat treated and finally filled hygienically into 200 ml bottles. Various analyses on microbial quality and other properties were performed during and after processing.
The products obtained were tested by a consumer panel to decide if which of these sauces would be produced on a larger scale.
French fries with mayonnaise
To serve a special lunch with French fries for the employees of NIZO food research, the Processing Centre produced a batch of mayonnaise.
In the mayonnaise preparation, the wet weighed ingredients were gently mixed with salt and sugar, to obtain a homogeneous mixture. After addition of oil, high shear mixing resulted in a stable emulsion. The mayonnaise was cooled down while stirring, and filled hygienically into 500 ml plastic beakers.
Production Process
Sauces are prepared on pilot scale, using a complete process chain consisting of heat treatment, fermentation, homogenization, downstream processing, drum or spray drying and blending. Sauces like mayonnaise can also be prepared using the Limitech batch mixer and cooker, where different process steps are performed within one apparatus.
You need mayonnaise or another sauce?
In our food grade Processing Center we can make any sauce you like. With these sauces you can do ingredient testing, consumer tests, shelf life tests, benchmarking or you can test the equipment for possible use at your own plant. Just contact us!