Strict Control Systems

Bringing Pasta Volare to the table means presenting an excellent product whose quality has been verified over and over again throughout the supply chain.

The first check takes place on the wheat we have selected, then checks are carried out by our partner mills, and finally checks inside our pasta factory.

Thanks to all these steps, we are sure that our pasta meets the highest quality and food safety standards before it reaches our customers’ plates.

We choose only superior-quality semolina, obtained from the grinding of the best wheat grown in Italy and Ukraine.

Beyond verifying the gluten level of the wheat we select, we take care to check its colour parameters, cleanliness and flavour characteristics.

The global food system is in need of a dramatic transformation. The pathway we are currently on is leading to an impasse: the increases in food production needed to meet the anticipated demands of a much larger and wealthier human population cannot be achieved by simply extrapolating current trends in production and consumption.

Can we achieve a food system that works within the planet’s biophysical boundaries, inclusively supports human livelihoods, and ensures food security for a growing and changing population? This has become one of the central questions in humanity’s broader quest to shape a sustainable future. 

Food is a daily necessity, a carrier of our cultural values, family traditions, and even personal ideologies. The very discussion of the challenge of the food system is often framed politically, as a battle between the needs of humans versus the needs of the environment. Discussions about organic agriculture or Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are almost never merely about technological efficiency; they touch on several polarizing debates around people’s identities, ethics, and views of the world.

We need a multitude of strategies at different levels of the food systems functioning that go beyond individual convictions in order to address the urgent challenges at hand. To that end, it is essential to take an objective look at the data and look beyond the well-worn pathways of argumentation.

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) provides a characteristic peak for each compound in a mixture. It can provide simultaneous identification and absolute quantification of all components of a sample. Bruker has tailored this technology specifically for the analysis of food. 

Food and beverage testing lab equipment is used to evaluate the quality and integrity of solid and liquid food samples. Food safety is a key topic of concern among consumers and the future of food safety starts with testing in the laboratory or on the field. Although food testing is critical for food safety, food testing is also applicable for standard quality control.

Some of the key applications that food testing analyzers are used for are:

• Food chemistry analysis, such as moisture, fat, protein, pH, salt, minerals, sugar, contaminants, and more.
• Food microbiology analysis, such as Lactobacillus, Salmonella, Pseudomonas, Listeria, E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, yeast, mold, and more.
• Food nutrition analysis
• Food allergen analysis, such as peanut, egg, soy, and other allergens.
• Natural food toxin analysis, such as histamine and fumosin.
• Food shelf-life studies
• Food quality control determination, such as GMO analysis, wheat adulteration, etc.

There is a range of possible instruments and systems used for food testing. Central to food testing analysis are spectrometers, alcohol analyzers, refractometers, titrators, moisture analyzers, and other standard lab equipment. Specialized analyzers and meters are also available per specific methods and applications, while others can be used for various food analysis requirements.