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Eric Sevatson
Owner, ESS Ventures LLC
- 30 years experience in grain-based food manufacturing.
- Has worked for Kellogg, Quaker Oats, Wenger Mfg. and consulted with food manufacturers worldwide.
- Offers broad spectrum of knowledge and experience in the production of grain-based foods as well as intricacies of the equipment involved in processing these foods.
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Grain-Based Food Processing
Owner, ESS Ventures LLC
Defined Terms
- Ancient grains
- Non-mainstream grains that have fallen out of favor, but are resurging in popularity
- Formulation
- The recipe and processes devised to produce a finished food product
- HAACP: Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
- A system of developing a robust margin of error for contamination and adulteration of foods that can lead to injury and death from consuming tainted food products
- Moistures
- A key measure of the water content of a finished product, a potential indicator of waste and inefficiency
- New crop
- The term for the first round of harvest off of a field of grain
- QA/QC
- Quality assurance/quality control – the rigorous process of ensuring that products are produced safely and efficiently
- Sample room
- The dedicated area in a food plant where finished product samples, regularly taken off the line, are catalogued and stored for analysis in the event of a food safety incident
- Process auditing
- The act of understanding, breaking down, reviewing, optimizing, vetting and retooling procedures and products used to make a final product
Grain-Based Food Processing:
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