Coffee

Coffee

After working successfully with coffee market leaders for decades, we understand the needs of the coffee industry, and the challenges of making measurements in conditions with high temperatures, high CO2 content, and excessive coffee particulate.

Improve Quality Control Processes & Optimize the Shelf Life of Your Coffee

The coffee production process requires quality control and package testing, from roasting through to final product packaging. Your challenges as a quality professional and technical expert in the Coffee Industry are many. Improper CO2 degassing can cause a ballooning effect in your packages, oxidation can occur if your protective gas mix is incorrect, and package leaks or seal breaches can curtail the shelf life if your package integrity is not properly monitored.

What to Test During Coffee Production

You need to ensure your coffee beans are roasted and allowed to off-gas for the optimal time period.
You need to pack your coffee beans/grounds in packaging that allow for off-gassing.
Finally, when coffee is transported from production to the end user, you need to ensure your coffee product arrives in stores without being exposed to oxygen, to ensure the freshness and superior taste of your coffee. There is a lot to monitor to ensure your coffee meets quality standards.

Solutions for Each Step in Coffee Production

At AMETEK MOCON, we provide a complete line of package testing and monitoring products to support your coffee production and packaging QA/QC processes

ONLINE GAS MANAGEMENT/MONITORING - Our on-line MAP Gas Analyzers help avoid the ballooning effect in your packaging by continuously monitoring CO2 emissions of the roasted grounds. They are also used to ensure packages of nitrogenflushed beans and single-serve pods contain the correct gas composition.

Our recommended gas analyzers for coffee are the MAP Check 3 and ISM-3.

REDUCE WASTE AND SAVE GAS - Our on-line non-destructive instruments, e.g., the ISM 3, provide continuous monitoring of O2 or O2/CO2. With this instrument, your quality assurance is sevure as you test 100% of your coffee packages. Features include full data traceability and remote control paperless data recording.

The best gas mixer for packaging coffee is the MAP Mix Provectus – combine it with the Dansensor MAP Check 3 to achieve the best results and save gas with responsive mixing and dosing..

QUALITY CONTROL AND SHELF LIFE -Your coffee only stays fresh as long as the packaging and modified atmosphere remain intact. Therefore, quality control measures like headspace gas analysis, leak testing, and shelf life studies of packaging are essential. With our headspace analyzers, leak detectors, and gas permeability instruments you can conduct quality control and R&D of your packaging materials.

The Dansensor MultiCheck 2 is the perfect Quality Control companion for coffee producers, as it tests headspace, leak, and degassing valve performance in one integrated test

Dansensor CheckMate 4 is capable of accurately testing the headspace of all types of coffee packaging. CheckMate 4 SV (small volume) can accurately test packages with minimal headspace, like coffee capsules and pods.

Headspace Analyzer Compatibility - Coffee Package Types

	MultiCheck 2	CheckMate 4	CheckPoint 4 EC
Flow Pack Whole Beans or Ground	✓	✓	✓
Stick Pack	✓	✓	✓
Flow Pack with Pods, Capsules	✓	✓	✓
K-Cup	✗	✓ (SV-module)	✓
Single-Serve Capsule with Limited Headspace	✗	✓ (SV-module)	✗
Canned Coffee Whole Beans or Ground	✓	✓	✓
Vacuum-Packed Coffee	No headspace	No headspace	No headspace

PACKAGE INTEGRITY TESTING - Prevent oxidation during the shelf life of your products and protect the freshness and aroma of your coffee by testing for leaks and seal integrity. If you develop packaging for coffee, we offer permeation package testing instruments designed specifically for single-serve coffee pod testing, to ensure your package integrity is preserved, even after conversion.

Test package integrity in all its forms with Dansensor Lippke 5000 – conduct leak, creep, burst, dye, bubble, and pressure tests.
Use Dansensor LeakPointer 3 and LeakPointer 3+ for non-destructive leak testing