Control of Incoming Raw Materials
- Supplier approval program
- Ingredient screening & approval
- Incoming ingredients positive release program
Control During Production
- All ingredients are bar-coded for complete traceability
- Each batch manufactured is given a lot number containing a manufacture date code and bar code
Control After Production
- Positive release finished goods program
- All finished goods are inspected and tested to ensure compliance with specifications and customer specific requirements.
Quality Control Testing Methods
- Trained sensory panel to conduct organoleptic testing (taste, visual, and odor tests)
- Specific gravity
- Refractive index
- pH
- Titratable acidity
- Acid/base titrations
- Viscosity
- Optical rotation
- Color spectrophotometry
- Loss on drying (powders)
- GC analysis
- Vanillin content
- Microbiological testing
- Total plate count
- Yeast and mold
- Coliform
- E. coli
- Salmonella
- Listeria
- S. Aureus
Quality Control Documentation
- Specification sheets
- COAs (Certificates of Analysis)
- MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets)
