Flavor Monitoring Cockpit
Continuous measurement of volatiles and moisture during chocolate conching
Maximum Throughput
- Quality-based conching enables shorter conching times and maximizes throughput.
Maximum Efficiency
- Continuous recipe optimization ensures greater efficiency by eliminating manual sampling and analysis.
Maximum Reproducibility
- Real-time, context-sensitive process calibration ensures consistently high product quality.
Maximum Flavor Development
- AI-driven parameter setting allows monitoring of raw material fluctuations and process deviations, and enables accentuation or enhancement of flavor properties.
Smart sensors. Smarter processes
In chocolate processing, the development of the flavor profile is critical to achieving the desired taste and product quality. The Flavor Monitoring Cockpit allows chocolate processors to take full control of volatile removal and flavor development during the conching process to optimize efficiency, consistency and product quality.
The AI-powered Flavor Monitoring Cockpit continuously measures VOC levels and humidity in the volume above the chocolate mass in the conche, known as the headspace. It visualizes characteristic VOC fingerprints, detects process deviations and automatically adjusts key parameters – processing time, headspace conditioning, energy input and temperature profile – to compensate for raw material variations.
