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Cocoa & Chocolate Confectionery

In chocolate production, food safety is paramount as children represent a significant percentage of end consumers. Working with highly sensitive ingredients such as cocoa and skimmed milk powder means that there are risks of contamination throughout the supply chain, the production process and the environment. The most significant risk to chocolate safety, Salmonella, is particularly difficult to manage because contamination is generally very low and not evenly distributed. Not only must pathogens be prevented from entering finished products, they must also be prevented from entering the factory environment, because once they do, they are difficult to eliminate.

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Beyond the Test: a new Era in Chocolate Food Safety!

To minimize risk and cost associated with rejecting raw materials and shutting down production, manufacturers must perform extensive daily microbial testing throughout the production process combined with robust environmental monitoring, that can be very expensive. Current controls based on testing alone have limitations. Today’s ever-increasing food safety and risk management challenges demand new, innovative solutions to sustain and grow their business.

With decades of expertise and the most comprehensive family of diagnostic solutions, bioMérieux understands the challenges facing chocolate producers – and the limitations of today’s tests. That is why we created AUGMENTED DIAGNOSTICS.  

AUGMENTED DIAGNOSTICS is a unique and disruptive approach to food safety & quality that combines our core microbiology portfolio together with Genomics, Data Science and Bio-informatics tools. So, the value delivered goes beyond test results. Our customized analysis tools enable indeed to distill a mountain of data into real-time insights throughout the customer value chain.

By adopting AUGMENTED DIAGNOSTICS, chocolate makers obtain comprehensive information, in easily understandable formats, in a very short time, to help them better anticipate raw material risk, prevent Salmonella cross-contaminations in the processing environment, reduce non-quality costs and ultimately keep consumers safe

Solutions

  • SMASHER® Sample Blender

    High-Performance Blender

    The SMASHER® is a high-performance bag blender that ensures homogenous samples prior to microbial detection or identification tests.

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  • TEMPO® Quality Indicator Solution

    Automated Quality Indicator Solution

    TEMPO® is a fully automated enumeration system that tests quality indicators in food products and environmental samples within your own laboratory.

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  • VITEK EXPRESS Identification Services

    ID Services Powered by Microbiology Experts

    Our VITEK® EXPRESS solution provides you with the convenience of outsourcing to optimize microbial identification, relying on proven methods.

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  • VITEK® 2 COMPACT

    The #1 Solution in Automated Identification

    The VITEK® 2 Compact system offers quality control testing solutions for fast and accurate microbial identification. With technology that includes an extensive and robust identification database, rapid results, and minimal training time, it will streamline laboratory workflow for increased productivity.

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  • VITEK® MS Rapid Identification of Microorganisms

    Improve Your Productivity and Increase Confidence

    VITEK® MS is an automated system for microbial identification, offering one the shortest and reliable time-to-result workflows and highly accurate identification.

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  • VITEK® MS PRIME MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry System

    Get Species Level Identification & Maximize Your Lab Efficiency

    VITEK® MS PRIME is the next level of automated MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry system, that allows an accurate microbial identification to the species-level.

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CASE STUDY

Guittard Chocolate Heavily Reduces False Positives With GENE-UP®

Maintaining the safety of their products is the utmost priority for food product manufacturers. This not only ensures that customers can trust their brand, but consistent testing also improves public health. With products and a brand that are reliable, a company remains competitive and financially stable.
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SCIENTIFIC POSTER

Validation Study Of A Rapid Method For The Detection Of Salmonella Spp In Raw Materials For Chocolate Industries Using GENE-UP® PCR and EGENE-UP® Easyprep Solution.

The chocolate industry is particularly concerned by Salmonella spp. contaminations in raw materials derived from cocoa beans. Salmonella is ubiquitous and present in the environment and can persist in cocoa products along the process of cocoa beans transformation...

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