How to Use Moisture Analyzers for Grain & Flour Quality Control

By Rachel Kohn | June 23, 2016
The KERN MRS moisture analyzer is a professional quality solution to measuring moisture in grains, flours and other food products.
A moisture analyzer is a professional quality solution to measuring moisture in grains, flours and other food products.

Moisture content, defined as the percentage of a product’s weight due to water, is an essential measure of quality control.  A gravimetric moisture analyzer is employed across a broad spectrum of industries to confirm that moisture content is in line with regulations governing a particular industry.

Agricultural products such as grains and the flour derived from grains provide an illustration of where a moisture analyzer is put into play.  A University of Minnesota Extension Report, for example, states that wheat and barley grain must have a moisture content of 13% to 14% for safe storage.  Achieving that target can be costly and time consuming in wet weather.  

When wheat is milled to flour another target applies. A study at the Institute of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, reports … Read the rest