 ABX Pentra 400 from HORIBA Medical is Chief Cider Tester
22 Jun 2009 Chemistry analysis specialist HORIBA Medical has placed the first ABX Pentra 400 bench top chemistry analyser into the UK Cider industry at the Bulmers Cider Mill in Hereford. This fully automated analyser is now providing routine sugar content testing at the site which is reliable, efficient and cost effective. Such sugar testing is critical to ensuring conformity and consistency of Bulmers’ final cider product, as well as delivering significant financial savings. Part of Scottish and Newcastle, and owned by Heineken, the Bulmers site at Hereford routinely tests the sugar and tannin levels of its cider, apples and glucose syrups to Quality Control the end product and for the Quality Assurance of ingredients. Since the site produces a staggering 3.5 million hectolitres of cider per annum, accurate testing of sugar content is key to con...
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