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Texture testing

Terms commonly used across different food sectors to describe food attributes include hardness, tenderness, firmness, cohesiveness, springiness, stickiness etc.

The particular methods employed to measure the textural properties of foods can differ significantly from one food group to another, so it is important to select the best method to obtain the most successful accurate food texture measurements.

Animal feed and pet foods plus cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals may also be tested for physical properties correlating to sensory terms: richness, oiliness, greasiness, etc.

The same principles apply to measure their texture, but often with less well-defined texture terms than foods, which have longer established analysis of their texture definitions based on sensory feel in the mouth as opposed to on the skin.

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Featured or equivalent test standards for Mecmesin solutions in this section

ISO 2555

Plastics - Resins in the liquid state or as emulsions or dispersions - Determination of apparent viscosity by the Brookfield Test method
Student observes a three-point bend test of an Oreo, part of an in-class laboratory in their Introduction to Materials Science course. Real-time results from the MultiTest are projected in the classroom.
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) finds Materials Science's sweet spot

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Force testing

Systems

  • Universal testing machines
  • Large format compression testers
  • Motorised force testers

Instruments

  • Digital force gauges
  • Mechanical force gauges
  • Manual test stands
Compression test on foam sample

Materials testing

Systems

  • Universal testing machines
  • Low-force materials tester

Instruments

  • Falling dart impact testers
Tensile test on plastic material sample

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Torque test on bottle cap

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