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The law dictates that consumers be protected from health hazards and exploitation, and therefore demands are placed on retailers not only to guarantee the safety of their products and to fulfill their own high standards of quality, but in the end, because consumers expect pure, unadulterated foods. All of these are compelling motivation for food manufacturers to perform a multitude of tests, analyses and procedures that will satisfy such demands. The necessity of documenting each step in the manufacturing process – starting at the beginning of production until the product reaches consumers – requires that food manufacturers monitor their raw materials, the production process and the finished, packaged goods in a careful and detailed manner. A circumspect and thorough quality control program is an essential tool in addressing and meeting these demands and requirements.
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Cask ale volumes grew in 2011 for the first time in 20 years, recording a 1.6 percent uplift, says The Cask Report 2012-13, published at the end of September. Around 2.2 million barrels of cask, equating to some 633 million pints, were sold last year (according to the British Beer & Pub Association).
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In the third part of this series of articles, the basics of the tasting test according to Sommer and the resulting tasting method described will be tested and validated based on actual tastings. In addition, the suitability of the test in terms of its value as a tool for process optimisation is discussed and assessed, based on investigations carried out.The tasting test comprising implementation and mathematic evaluation is validated in several tastings using different beverages and with different targets. In this part, the soft drink Cola and the associated light variant, subsequently referred to as Colalight, are compared. Two identical samples of Cola are used as reference sample. In addition, a blend of 50 percent Cola and
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Drinks companies are raising glasses to the American consumers. Their homes may be worth less than their cars and their jobs prospects dim, but when it comes to trimming the fat from their budgets, Americans would rather eat less than drink less. In fact, they continue to show an unabated interest in high-end spirits. How better to enjoy a presidential campaign that’s turned into a tit-for-tat-mudfest on the telly than with a glass of booze?
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The Brewers Association (BA), the trade association representing the majority of U.S. brewing companies, has released strong mid-year numbers for America’s small and independent craft brewers this summer. Dollar sales were up 14 percent in the first half of 2012, while volume of craft brewed beer sold jumped 12 percent during that same time period.
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There is a simple solution for preventing gushing: the danger potential of raw materials (malt) should be known before production. Using the analysis methods (Weihenstephaner Test, Modified Carlsberg Test) developed by MEBAK, the gushing risk is assessed on the basis of the quantity fobbed over after shaking a bottle [1]. As these gushing tests are not suitable for a rapid analysis, the R&D Department of the Weihenstephan Research Centre for Brewing and Food Quality has developed a novel analytical approach for rapid gushing prediction using combined particle analysis [6]. The latest results of this new rapid analysis for determining the gushing risk are presented.
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In part 1 of this series of contributions, the central fundamentals of a tasting test based on Sommer were presented. These involve, on the one hand, that a proband always has to select one of two samples. On the other hand, if the proband cannot come to a decision, he or she has to make an educated guess. More in-depth information is given in this second part. In addition to the possibility of determining the number of tasters consciously tasting a difference, the test will also be used to establish a relationship between the degree to which the taste changed and consumer reaction.
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going! So you thought. Not in Russia. When the going gets tough, the tough point fingers, place blame, and shake a fist at the government. What a sorry show brewers in Russia have put on these past few years. While beer production continued to decline, brewers knew no better than to quibble over alleged market shares; accuse each other of excessive price promotions and bemoan the fact that the government’s prohibitionist policies were taking all the fun out of doing business in this vast country. Perhaps the time has finally arrived for the tough to get going. The combination of Efes and SABMiller certainly looks like a start.
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South Korea, in East Asia, is located in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The densely populated country has about 50 million inhabitants, about 10 million of these live in the capital Seoul. The lifestyle of the South Koreans is heavily urbanised. About 81 percent live in cities. About half the population regard themselves as not belonging to any religion, about 26 percent each are either Christian or Buddhist. South Korea has a democratic form of government [1]. This article provides an overview of the South Korean beer market and presents three selected pub breweries along with their concepts.
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This series of contributions deals with the execution and evaluation of a tasting test based on Sommer [1]. The fundamentals of this test are described and explained using practically relevant examples. The system thus developed was tested and validated based on several tastings with beer and cola samples.
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