Food quality + safety

Measure what matters most.

Quality brings growth

Better food starts with smarter metrics. Consistent, high-quality food isn’t possible without reliable moisture data. Measuring and understanding water’s effects gives you the power to maximize product safety, slash risk, and wow customers.

Trusted by the world’s leading food manufacturers

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Fast, precise, reliable no tradeoffs. With AQUALAB instruments, the data you need is simple to collect, easy to read, and tough to ignore.

AQUALAB 4TE

Experience the speed, precision, and reliability that set the standard in water activity (Aw) measurement. Discover the AQUALAB 4TE Water Activity Meter—the trusted instrument that revolutionized moisture management in industries worldwide.

  • aw in <5 min.
  • Highly compliant + compatible
  • Secure data storage
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Vapor Sorption Analyzer for soil moisture release curves in dry range

Vapor Sorption Analyzer

Make detailed moisture maps to predict, understand, and control moisture’s effects. High-resolution moisture sorption isotherms for shelf life prediction.

  • Isotherms in <48 hours
  • 200+ data points / isotherm
  • 5 min. test setup
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AQUALAB 3

Lightning-fast total moisture analysis to tighten process control and boost quality. Combine moisture content and water activity in one device.

  • MC + aw in one
  • Results in 60 seconds
  • For the lab or the line
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New - SKALA DRY

Precision Drying, Perfected

SKALA Dry uses data from sensors your dryer already has to make intelligent, real-time control adjustments and tighten product spec – essentially tricking your dryer into delivering better results than you thought possible.

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SKALA: Links to production systems to learn and optimize drying. Predicts moisture levels, adjusts controls, and perfects models for quality.

Trusted everywhere

Maximize quality, no matter the product. More than 90 of the world’s top 100 food and pharma companies use AQUALAB. Learn how.

Applied industries

Maximizing taste, texture, quality

Cured Meats

In the cured meat industry, water activity plays an outsized role in maximizing taste, texture, quality and – perhaps most importantly – yield and revenue. Here’s how.

Maintain texture and quality

Baked Snack Foods

Moisture migration. Shelf life. Texture. Packaging. AQUALAB water activity meters and moisture analysis instruments make the tough problems easy. Here’s how.

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Quality pet food

Pet Food

We’ll help ensure your pet food products won’t mold or spoil prematurely – and make sure you’re retaining enough moisture to maximize your yield and revenue.

End-to-end control

AQUALAB solutions are designed to keep your team informed and tasks streamlined at the pulse of production. Learn how to apply and improve.

 

Instrument training
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Podcast: Water in food

How can we make the most of water? Meet the scientist on a mission to prevent billions of dollars from going to waste in manufacturing.

Podcast

Episode 25: Clif Bar
Podcast25 minutes

Episode 25: Clif Bar

Podcast

Every year, billions of dollars are spent by food manufacturers to move water in and out of food products. As a food scientist, I'm on a mission to understand how this can be done better.

Episode 17: "Mr. Lactose," Kent Keller
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Episode 17: "Mr. Lactose," Kent Keller

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Today I'm joined by Kent Keller of Keller Technologies, Inc. A lactose specialist, Kent has educated people and companies about lactose for over 40 years. Let's hear what Kent has to say on Water In Food.

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