FOSS is the leading supplier of innovative analytical solutions. Core technologies As a business-to-business provider of dedicated analytical technology to other industries, FOSS naturally has in-depth competence in scientific disciplines such as f. ex NIR spectroscopy or X-ray technology with the aim of providing state-of-the-art yet easy to operate analytical solutions. Our core technologies include: NIR Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) is an accurate and rapid analysis method that is well suited for quantitative determination of the major constituents in most types of food and agricultural products. This reliable and non-destructive analysis method uses the wavelength region from ~750nm to 2500nm of the electromagnetic spectrum and can be configured for both transmission and diffuse reflection measurements. FT-IR A Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer (FT-IR) is the preferred infrared absorption spectroscopy method today, used to measure constituents in liquid samples such as milk and wine. The method is easy, fast and accurate, combining high sensitivity with a full spectrum, enabling instrument standardisation and the use of calibrations for multiple instruments. More about FTIR. X-RAY X-ray can penetrate even thick samples of organic material, making it possible to measure 100% of the sample. Its unrivalled accuracy makes it a widely used technology in the food industry for scanning bulk objects such as meat. Whether measuring fat content, weight or detecting foreign objects, such as metal or bone fragments, X-ray offers a unique possibility for measuring inhomogeneous meat products. CHEMOMETRICS Chemometrics is the use of statistics, mathematics and profound knowledge about the data (chemistry, electronics and hardware) to extract and process relevant information from complex multivariate data. Chemometrics turns a spectrum, an image or a series of these into f. ex a protein value, a process parameter or an instrument diagnostic.
