ISO 939:2021—Spices And Condiments
During the spice trade, spices were tightly guarded and generated immense wealth for those who controlled them. For instance, nutmeg was once worth more by…
ISO 8128—Apple Juice
After tomatoes, apples are the second most commonly enjoyed fruit around the world with over 7,500 varieties grown. Approximately 76 million tons of apples are…
ISO 5704:1980—Equipment For Vine Cultivation & Wine Making
In ancient Greece, it was custom for a dinner host to take the first sip of wine to assure that the wine served to guests…
ISO 22043:2020—Horizontal Closed Ice-Cream Freezers
Ice-cream is perishable and requires careful treatment. Exposing ice-cream to temperatures that are too high will negatively affect its body, texture, and flavor characteristics. ISO…
ISO 23134:2022—Ground Roasted Coffee
The legend goes that in 800 AD, Kaldi, an Ethiopian goat herder, discovered coffee after noticing his goats become very energetic after eating berries from a…
NSF/ANSI 2-2022: Food Handling Equipment
An American National Standard, NSF/ANSI 2-2022: Food Equipment, covers food protection and sanitation requirements for a variety of food handling and processing equipment. A chef…
NSF/ANSI 7-2023: Commercial Refrigerators And Freezers
The refrigerators of the 1920s were deadly because their motorized compressors easily malfunctioned, allowing the refrigerants (i.e., toxic gases) to escape and sicken or kill…
ISO 6887-1:2017—Initial Suspension And Decimal Dilutions
While many microbes are harmless to humans, others can cause serious problems. They can spoil food, introduce toxins, cause disease, etc. The importance of microbiological…
ISO 8586:2023—Selection And Training Of Sensory Assessors
In the early 1950s, a milestone for sensory evaluation occurred when the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute developed the nine-point hedonic scale: a category scaling…