Specsy's Lab
A virtual lab of free tools, built on published food science and run by Specsy. Tell it what is happening and it sets up the right station, then reads every result with you.
Diagnostics bench
Describe what you are seeing. Get the likely causes ranked, and what to check first.
Dairy troubleshooter
Pick the product and what you are seeing. Get the likely causes ranked, what to check in what order, and what to measure before you change the formulation.
Enter the station A2OnlineBakery troubleshooter
Pick bread, cake, biscuit or chapati and what you are seeing. Get the likely causes ranked, what to check in what order, and what to measure before you change the formulation.
Enter the stationFormulation bench
Choose the right system for the job, from stabilisers and phosphates to shelf life.
Stabiliser finder
Tell Specsy the product, its pH, the heat step and the job. Get a ranked shortlist of stabiliser approaches with the reasons, the watch-outs, what to measure and what SpecSol has ready.
Enter the station B2OnlineShelf-life planner
Pick the product, what ends its shelf life and whether a clean label matters. Get preservation and freshness options ranked, with the evidence, the watch-outs and a trial plan.
Enter the station B3OnlinePhosphate guide and calculator
What phosphate does in meat, seafood, processed cheese, baked goods and drinks, what has worked to replace it, and a calculator for the P2O5, phosphorus and sodium your phosphates add.
Enter the station B4OnlineWhey replacement planner for cakes
See what your whey is doing in the cake, what has to be replaced by weight, and a sourced replacement system you can take straight into a trial.
Enter the stationCalculation bench
Scale, standardise, convert and compare, with every answer checked.
Baker's percentage and batch scaler
Convert any recipe to baker's percentage, scale it to the batch you actually need, and see the cost per unit.
Enter the station C2OnlineMilk standardisation calculator
Blend two streams to a target fat with a Pearson square, or three streams to hit fat and SNF together, with every answer checked by mass balance.
Enter the station C3OnlineProtein from nitrogen calculator
Turn a nitrogen result into protein on the right conversion factor, see how far the factor moves it, and compare two protein offers on the same footing.
Enter the station C4OnlineCost-in-use calculator
Compare two or three ingredient offers on what they cost per tonne of finished product, not per kilo on the quotation, with the yearly difference and the break-even price.
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