SMALL SCALE, BIG ACHIEVEMENT

摘要

THEY SAY IT PAYS to think big-yet sometimes just the opposite is true. Here's a case where food scientist and engineer John Miles pursued a big dream by intentionally thinking "small." It was in the mid-80s when Miles left his food scientist's role with a prominent beverage manufacturer, and he began leading North Carolina State University's dairy and aseptic test plant in Raleigh. Both experiences taught him that-when it comes to formulating new fluid beverages, foods or sauces-product developers need small-scale, high-temperature process equipment that accurately reflects what happens on the larger factory floor. Even though they are small, lab-sized machines can produce exact batch test samples. Overall, this type of product and process testing saves ingredient costs and as well as immeasurable development time and expense.