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Mass balance
Even a minor controversy in food production can have major consequences for consumer trust. Issues such as the use of substitute ingredients or misleading claims can seriously harm your company’s reputation. Our specialists are ready to help uncover such risks by conducting a mass balance analysis — either of your own production process or that of your supplier.
Mass balance at a glance
Gain insight into product traceability
We trace both incoming and outgoing flows
We perform a mass balance on your production process or that of your suppliers
Recent years have seen several scandals involving the use of alternative ingredients, such as horse meat being passed off as beef. Products marketed to be organic are also vulnerable to fraud. In such cases, robust traceability is key to ensuring product integrity and maintaining consumer trust.
Product traceability insights
An important means to raise awareness of the above scandals is the implementation of a mass balance. This involves meticulously tracing and assessing all incoming and outgoing flows, such as recipes, raw material information, production data, delivery data, waste data and alternative flows such as staff turnover. The incoming and outgoing flows must correspond with each other.
You can choose to have a mass balance carried out on your own production process, for instance, to provide your customers with full transparency. We can also perform one with your suppliers, helping confirm that the delivered products align with the agreed specifications.
Performing mass balance at suppliers
A mass balance can be performed on your own production process, enabling you to provide full transparency to your customers. We can also conduct a mass balance at your suppliers’ facilities, ensuring that the products you receive meet the agreed specifications.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
A mass balance is a method for checking whether the inputs and outputs in your production process match. It helps verify that no undeclared substitutions, losses or changes have occurred.
A mass balance enhances traceability within your process and helps demonstrate that your product delivers what you promise. It instils confidence in customers, certifying bodies and consumers, and contributes to a strong and reliable image.
Yes, we can conduct a mass balance on your own operations or on those of your suppliers. This gives you full control over your supply chain and strengthens your transparency towards partners, certifiers and regulators.