Snack Product Testing Attachments

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Snack Product Testing Attachments

Tortilla/Pastry Burst Rig
Has been developed to perform
extension and elasticity
measurements on pastry and
Tortillas.

Crisp Fracture Support Rig
Used for Fracturability of snack
foods and potato crisps by means
of penetration using a ball probe.

TTC Spreadability Rig
Used for the measurement of
spreadability of e.g. fats, table
spreads, peanut butter.

Snack Product Testing Attachments

Craft Knife Blade
Can be used to assess cutting
force of e.g. nuts.

Mini Kramer/Ottawa Cell
Particularly suited to reduce the
force of bulk shearing/compression
of multi particle products.

Pizza Tensile Rig
The tensile force and extension
to break the sample is measured
and used as indication of pizza
toughness.

Snack Product Testing Attachments

Kramer Shear Cell
This rig performs a bulk
compression/shearing test,
particularly useful when
trying to assess the firmness
of multiparticle products of
various shapes and sizes.

Acoustic Emission and
Video Playback
Allow the collection of acoustic
data during a test and the
synchronisation of force data
with video frames - of particular
interest for the testing of brittle
products.

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Any of the texture analyser range can be used for the product tests listed below.

A selection of special attachments and typical measurements which are commonly used in this application area are shown above. However, this does not show the complete range of attachments available for the testing of snack products. Test procedures include: compression, puncture/penetration, tension, fracture/bending, extrusion, cutting/shearing.

Typical measurements include:

Crispness/ fracturability: potato chips, tacos, tortilla chips, pretzels, popcorn, extruded snacks, popodums, prawn crackers, crispbread, breadsticks

Spreadability: table spreads, peanut butter

Toughness/Tensile Strength: pizza, tortillas

Firmness: nuts, tortillas, French fries, cereal bars

Extensibility/Elasticity: tortillas

Hinge Strength: taco shells

Consistency: ketchup, snack dips, jam

Application Studies are available for the testing of snack products using the TA.XT2i, TA.XTplus, TA.XTExpress or TA.HDplus texture analysers.

In addition, scientific papers have been published which reference the use of the TA.XT2i/TA.XTplus/
TA.HDplus in the testing of snack products.
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Application Studies

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Tortilla/Pastry Burst Rig Has been developed to perform extension and elasticity measurements on pastry and Tortillas.	Crisp Fracture Support Rig Used for Fracturability of snack foods and potato crisps by means of penetration using a ball probe.	TTC Spreadability Rig Used for the measurement of spreadability of e.g. fats, table spreads, peanut butter.

Craft Knife Blade Can be used to assess cutting force of e.g. nuts.	Mini Kramer/Ottawa Cell Particularly suited to reduce the force of bulk shearing/compression of multi particle products.	Pizza Tensile Rig The tensile force and extension to break the sample is measured and used as indication of pizza toughness.

Kramer Shear Cell This rig performs a bulk compression/shearing test, particularly useful when trying to assess the firmness of multiparticle products of various shapes and sizes.	Acoustic Emission and Video Playback Allow the collection of acoustic data during a test and the synchronisation of force data with video frames - of particular interest for the testing of brittle products.