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World Grain article, February 2002 - Digital imaging of wheat flour has been shown to improve bread quality and milling performance.
The Warburton Group is an independent, family-owned U.K. bakery company with a reputation for the highest quality standards for its products.
The company operates 10 major bakeries in England and Scotland, and maintains its high standards through strict quality control at all stages of their process - ingredient supply,
production, packaging and marketing. Wheat is purchased directly in Canada and the United Kingdom, and Warburton bakeries are supplied with flour
from a number of leading U.K. flour mills. Recently, Warburton participated in a research project that provided evidence for a new standard in wheat flour quality...
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The SPX Bran Index for flour was officially launched and featured at 2001 AOM conference and What's New? program.
The SPY Grain Grader was officially launched and featured at 2000 GEAPS Expo and What's New? program.
The SPX Speck Expert for semolina was officially launched and featured at 1997 AOM conference and What's New? program.
Publications & Reprints
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Research paper "Determination of bran contamination in wheat flours using ash content, color, and bran speck counts" by Kim, Y.S., and Flores, R.A. (KSU) in Cereal Chem 76(6):957, 1999; compares SPX bran counting with air-oven ash, Agtron color, L* values in pilot milled flours.
Feature article "Digital Image Analysis of Bran Contamination in Wheat Flour" in Cereal Foods World 44:12, 1999; reviews current bran contamination testing methods, why DIA is the only direct measurement of bran, and how the SPX determines Bran Index.
Feature article "Digital Speck Counting of Semolina Using Automated Image Analysis" in Cereal Foods World 43:11, 1998; describes a digital counting system that uses grey level and particle size to calibrate digital counts to the primary method, the expert human counter.
Feature article "Particle Size Analysis Using Image Analysis" in Cereal Foods World 42:30, 1997; features methodology developed at Maztech for particle size analysis of latex microspheres, soft wheat flour, commercial starches, cereal fibers, and confectionery mixtures using microscopy and image analysis.
Feature article "Flour Power: Microscopic Image Analysis in the Food Industry" in Cereal Foods World 40:11, 1995; describes a quantitative method (Dipix I440F Power Scope) for analyzing bran content, starch damage, and particle size in cereal products using fluorescence microscopy and digital image analysis.
Instrumentation Column in Cereal Foods World: "Digital Technologies and the State of the Industry" October, 1997; "From Ancient Grindstones to Modern Milling" June, 1997; "Tools of Our Trade" September, 1996.
