Advanced Quality Control in Dairy Industry

with DASGIP pH Monitoring Systems

Application Dairy Industry

pH Quality Control
In milk industry one part of the quality control is the
accurate tracking of the acidification activity of dairy
cultures by continuous pH monitoring.
DASGIP AG has developed a tool for continuous pH
measurement and automated data analysis, which
includes the direct matching of all collected data with
predefined quality criteria and the documentation in
MS-Excel. The DASGIP technology facilitates the
operation of up to 16 vessels in parallel. This helps
users to speed up the quality check of the dairy DASGIP pH Monitoring Module PH4
products and eases the data storage.
The customised mode of operation and easy to use
pH monitoring elements make the DASGIP pH Moni-

Parallel pH Calibration toring Modules valuable for daily use in Quality

Continuous pH Measurement Control as well as applied research in dairy industry.

Automatic Documentation During the fermentation process pH values are moni-
tored continuously and the individual temperature
values of the respective vessels can be adjusted by
pH Monitoring Modules entering the offline temperature data into the process
screen. Optionally an automatic temperature moni-
DASGIP pH Monitoring Modules allow continuous toring can be provided.
and parallel pH monitoring in up to 16 vessels. PH The Modules PH4, PH8 and PH16 support standard
shifts in individual vessels are simultaneously re- pH sensors. One or two point calibration for all
corded within one measurement process.

DIN EN ISO 9001
Reg.-No. 63431

individual electrodes in parallel is available.

pH Quality Control in yogurt production

using different L. casei inoculation cultures

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Quality System certified by DQS
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DASGIP pH Quality Control Software used in yogurt production

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Advanced Quality Control in Dairy Industry
with DASGIP pH Monitoring Systems

Application Dairy Industry

Quality Control Software
The DASGIP pH Quality Control Software
speeds up the quality check of dairy cul-
tures by supporting parallel pH calibration, Inoculation
Button
continuous pH measurement and automatic
documentation.
By pressing the Inoculation- button users
can start the inoculation clock. The process
overview screen (s. graphic on the right)
allows permanent observation of the pH
tracking during the entire process.
Pressing of the Finish- button terminates
the process and the data are exported to
MS-Excel and automatically evaluated DASGIP Process Overview Screen
regarding the predefined quality criteria.

Data are matched with predefined minimum and

maximum values and results of the analyses are
displayed in the “QC Results Row” (s. graphic above).
Measured values which differ from the user defined
quality criteria lead to direct discrimination of the
corresponding datasets.
Predefined set points are displayed in a final output
Benefits
DASGIP pH Quality Control fulfills the demands of the
upcoming quality standards in milk industry.
The example shown demonstrates the application of
the DASGIP pH Quality Control tool for the continu-
ous and parallel pH measurement and calibration
combined with automatic data analysis. This also

DIN EN ISO 9001
Reg.-No. 63431

table whereas the general quality control results,
classified to passed or failed are clearly arranged by
colour encoded illustration. A quality documentation
sheet will be generated for print out and archiving. To
meet enhanced security requirements DASGIP pro-
vides an option for an automatic conversion of all
relevant data into unchangeable PDF-documents.
includes the direct evaluation of the collected data
regarding predefined quality criteria and the docu-
mentation in MS-Excel. This tool can be used without
the need of any programming skills. User benefits
from an accelerated quality check of dairy cultures
and an easy data documentation according to inter-
national quality standards.


Quality System certified by DQS

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