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Product Loss Control / Rework
TechWizard and Production Wizard™ have a number of formulation features tailor made to reduce product losses and to aid in product rework including: Product Rework, Reformulating for the Addition of Chase (Flush) Water, Use It Up Feature, and Reformulating Frozen Desserts Containing Dense Flavorings.
Product Rework
A product or mix can be easily reworked into a new formulation using TechWizard™ or Production Wizard™. Simply make the formula to be reworked into a sub-formula, then include that sub-formula as an ingredient in the rework formulation, setting any limits on minimum and/or maximum usage levels. The program does the rest.
Use It Up Feature

This feature is very helpful if you wish to modify the batch size to use an entire container of flavoring or some other ingredient. 

Suppose you have a small amount of a particular ingredient. Use this feature to determine how large a batch you can prepare before using all of the ingredient. 

The feature is also help for product rework to determine the batch size necessary to use all of the rework mix.

Setting Chase (Flush) Water Amounts

Why not recover product that is normally left in the processing equipment? In certain cases, using water to flush the entire product out of the processing equipment can significantly reduce product losses. TechWizard™ and Production Wizard™ both have a special feature used to reformulate a formula based on a set amount of chase (flush) water being used with a given batch size of product. The user enters the amount of chase water to be used and the batch size. The program changes ingredient amounts to accommodate the chase water while maintaining composition specifications. The following example describes how it works.

Chase Water Example

We need to use enough chase water to push the entire product through the equipment and piping, which reduces waste and costs. A known volume of chase water is added to the processed mix, which will dilute the mix. If we know the batch size, we can use TechWizard™ or Production Wizard™ to reformulate the mix to a specified composition with a specified amount of chase water included while still providing a least cost formulation.

Reformulating Frozen Desserts Containing Dense Flavorings

Frozen dessert manufacturers can lose money simply by putting too much product in the container. This feature calculates the amount of additional air necessary to maintain constant product weight when bulky, dense ingredients are blended into ice cream after freezing. The following example explains the concept in more detail.

Reformulation for Bulky Ingredients

 

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