MadgeTech Blog — Food Processing

Top 3 Reasons to Go Digital

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While many have once relied on chart recorders to document temperature and other measurable conditions, companies have certainly agreed on making the switch to digital data logging software and applications. With a sleek design and several digital settings, data loggers provide the best accuracy in their recording and analysis capabilities. Data loggers have since proved to be the modern-day solution for temperature and humidity recording for various reasons, here are the top 3:

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Take Control over Safety and Quality

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Food safety and food quality are two similar terms that describe two different practices. As a result these terms are sometimes confused or mistakenly used interchangeably. Although safety and quality go hand-in-hand, they should not be confused, as the components that make up the quality of a product determine its overall safety.

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The Popularity Behind Thermal Processing

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Thermal Processing is a practice that combines temperature and time as a way of eliminating or reducing microorganisms in food products. Through the use of high temperatures, thermal processing heats a product long enough to control the targeted pathogen(s) in the product that are harmful to consumers.Methods of thermal processing, including pasteurization and sterilization, ensure consumer safety while preventing spoilage during the shelf-life of a product. Although both processes are responsible for destroying microbial toxins that lead to foodborne illnesses, they differ in various ways.

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