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See live demonstrations of water activity instruments, refractometers and pH meters at Food & Drink Expo 2016

Visitors requiring a portable water activity instrument that still

provides good accuracy can request a demonstration of the

pocket-sized Pawkit

Labcell will be on stand F118 at Food & Drink Expo 2016 (NEC, Birmingham, 18-20 April 2016) to present its comprehensive range of water activity instrumentation, together with refractometers and pH meters. Throughout the exhibition Labcell's specialists will be giving live demonstrations of the instruments and discussing applications with visitors. The instruments are suitable for use in quality-assurance and food safety tasks such as acceptance testing of ingredients, in-process inspections and sample testing of final products. In addition, they are invaluable in the development of new food and drink products and packaging, and in test kitchen monitoring.

Much of Labcell's stand will be devoted to the Decagon Devices AquaLab family of instruments for measuring water activity (also known as equivalent relative humidity or ERH) and moisture content, and for generating moisture sorption isotherms. Visitors can see the AquaLab Series 4TE, which is the latest version of Decagon's renowned benchtop instrument for making accurate measurements of water activity in less than five minutes. Also on show will be the AquaLab Series 4TEV that, while similar in many respects, also benefits from a capacitance sensor for use with samples containing propylene glycol, ethanol and other volatiles. A third member of the AquaLab family on show is the AquaLab Duo that is believed to be the only instrument of its type that can measure water activity and water content simultaneously.

A recent extension to the AquaLab family is the AquaLab TDL water activity analyser that can be used with virtually any solid, powder, paste or liquid. The key difference between the AquaLab TDL and the AquaLab series 4 is that the TDL features a tunable diode laser (TDL) for very precisely measuring water vapour in the headspace above the sample, hence it is unaffected by the presence of volatiles and can be used to analyse samples containing the humectant propylene glycol, alcohol or soy sauce. Furthermore, the AquaLab TDL is even faster than the AquaLab series 4, giving readings with an accuracy of +/-0.003 a_win approximately two minutes, which is less than half the time.

Visitors requiring a portable water activity instrument that still provides good accuracy can request a demonstration of the pocket-sized Pawkit. With the added advantage of being very economically priced, this compact instrument is still highly capable; readings are obtained in just five minutes, with a resolution of 0.01 a_wover the measuring range of 0 to 1.00 a_w. The Pawkit makes water activity monitoring accessible to almost anyone in the food industry; Labcell is currently experiencing a high level of interest in the Pawkit from small and medium-sized delicatessens and producers of charcuterie, jerky, biltong, and other cured, smoked and air-dried meat and fish.

Many visitors will also be interested to see the latest generation of AquaLab VSA (Vapor Sorption Analyzer). This easy-to-use benchtop instrument generates complete moisture sorption isotherms in just two days, with its patented Dynamic Dewpoint Isotherm (DDI) technology delivering high-resolution, accurate adsorption and desorption isotherms containing over 100 points on each curve.

Labcell markets and supports a portfolio of digital refractometers manufactured by Atago and Bellingham + Stanley. Customers can choose from general-purpose instruments for measuring dissolved sugar and/or salt, and models developed for specific applications such as evaluating the moisture content of honey. While most require a small sample to be placed in the instrument's sample cup, there is also a pen-style instrument for dipping into liquids and making measurements quickly and easily. Typical applications for the refractometers include measuring sugar content of fruit prior to harvesting, grape must concentration for wine production, process control, quality assurance and new product development.

The measurement of pH is important in quality assurance, process control and new product development. At the Food & Drink Expo, Labcell will present several high-quality handheld and benchtop instruments for measuring and monitoring pH, each of which has been developed to meet a specific market requirement.

Labcell will be performing live demonstrations and discussing visitors' applications on stand F118 at Food & Drink Expo 2016 at the NEC, Birmingham from 18-20 April 2016. Alternatively, contact Labcell for more information about the instruments mentioned above by telephone 01420 568150, emailmail@labcell.comor go towww.labcell.com.

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Issued on behalf of: 

Labcell Ltd
Unit 3a Mansfield Park 
Four Marks
Alton 
Hants, GU34 5PZ
United Kingdom 

Tel: 01420 568150 
e-mail: mail@labcell.com
www.labcell.com

With compliments of:

Taylor Alden Limited
Unit 2, Temple Place
247 The Broadway
London
SW19 1SE

Tel: 020 8543 3866
e-mail: margaret@tayloralden.co.uk
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