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Cocoa & Chocolate Confectionery

In chocolate production, food safety is paramount as children represent a significant percentage of end consumers. Working with highly sensitive ingredients such as cocoa and skimmed milk powder means that there are risks of contamination throughout the supply chain, the production process and the environment. The most significant risk to chocolate safety, Salmonella, is particularly difficult to manage because contamination is generally very low and not evenly distributed. Not only must pathogens be prevented from entering finished products, they must also be prevented from entering the factory environment, because once they do, they are difficult to eliminate.

Beyond the Test: a new Era in Chocolate Food Safety!

To minimize risk and cost associated with rejecting raw materials and shutting down production, manufacturers must perform extensive daily microbial testing throughout the production process combined with robust environmental monitoring, that can be very expensive. Current controls based on testing alone have limitations. Today’s ever-increasing food safety and risk management challenges demand new, innovative solutions to sustain and grow their business.

With decades of expertise and the most comprehensive family of diagnostic solutions, bioMérieux understands the challenges facing chocolate producers – and the limitations of today’s tests. That is why we created AUGMENTED DIAGNOSTICS.  

AUGMENTED DIAGNOSTICS is a unique and disruptive approach to food safety & quality that combines our core microbiology portfolio together with Genomics, Data Science and Bio-informatics tools. So, the value delivered goes beyond test results. Our customized analysis tools enable indeed to distill a mountain of data into real-time insights throughout the customer value chain.

By adopting AUGMENTED DIAGNOSTICS, chocolate makers obtain comprehensive information, in easily understandable formats, in a very short time, to help them better anticipate raw material risk, prevent Salmonella cross-contaminations in the processing environment, reduce non-quality costs and ultimately keep consumers safe

Solutions for Cocoa and Chocolate Confectionery  

  • VITEK EXPRESS Identification Services

    ID Services Powered by Microbiology Experts

    As microbiologists, we know fast and reliable results are of the utmost importance. Get the accurate identifications you need quickly and easily.

  • VITEK® 2 COMPACT

    The #1 Solution in Automated Identification

    The VITEK® 2 Compact system offers quality control testing solutions for fast and accurate microbial identification. With technology that includes an extensive and robust identification database, rapid results, and minimal training time, it will streamline laboratory workflow for increased productivity.

  • VITEK® MS Rapid Identification of Microorganisms

    Improve Your Productivity and Increase Confidence

    VITEK® MS was developed for its rapid identification of microorganisms for the pharmaceutical,personal care, and food industries. Suitable for industrial manufacturers and pharmaceutical laboratories who work with microbial identification, our knowledge base contains the most frequently encountered organisms in pharmaceutical, food and animal health applications.

  • VITEK® MS PRIME MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry System

    Get Species Level Identification & Maximize Your Lab Efficiency

    The VITEK® MS PRIME is the next level of automated MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry system, that allows an accurate identification to the species-level.

  • eGENE-UP® Lysis and RNA/DNA Purification

    Keep your customers safe

    The eGENE-UP® system enables high-quality Lysis and RNA/DNA purification to enhance the detection of foodborne pathogens across a wide array of targets.