Loma Systems X-ray technology provides peace of mind for Brighter Foods
Award-winning food manufacturer, Brighter Foods, has recently invested in X-ray inspection technology from Loma Systems.
Launched in 2014, Brighter Foods has the capacity to make over a million bars a day for brand partners across the globe in the slimming, sport, organic, free-from and other niche categories.
The firm’s ongoing reliance on Loma Systems’ metal detectors has continued to provide high levels of contamination detection, however, as a means of complying with code of practice (COP) stipulations, an increasing number of customers needed even greater checks through the use of X-ray inspection.
This, in addition to recommendations made in a BRC audit, highlighted that Brighter Foods should consider further investment in X-ray inspection capability.
Following a full audit of Brighter Foods ’current operation, Loma Systems recommended its X5C compact, which checks for a wide selection of contaminants from metal to hard plastics. Incorporating an air blast reject system to detect and remove any contaminated product, the system is perfect for convenience food, ready meals and small packaged goods. Occupying a small footprint, the machine can easily fit into a relatively narrow production line length.
The XC5 also provides the added benefit of being able to analyse product integrity, including counting the number of bars within the pack, checking the volume per bar, and ensuring the product is undamaged. Previously a labour intensive, time consuming process, in the event of any defect, the product is now quickly removed from the production line and logged on the system, so that Brighter Foods can investigate.
Commenting on the X-ray system, David John, Brighter Foods’ engineering manager, said: “Loma Systems’ X5C X-ray solution gives us total peace of mind as I now know within each pack we ship there are the correct number of bars, the correct volume and all product is checked for any possible contaminants.”