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 UFVMeasurement of Unfilled Volume in Food Packages The term "Unfilled Volume" (UFV) generally means the unoccupied volume of the food (solid or liquid) inside a sealed package. UFV is a very important parameter for a package food system, and its knowledge can be useful for both shelf life studies and designing food packages. The Velp Scientifica UFV unit is an innovative solution able to simply and quickly measure the "unfilled volume" (or "head space") of food packages. The instrument is a basic analytical solution both for the food industry for measuring the shelf life of packaged foods (estimate and forecast of the preservability and maintenance of the sanitary-nutrition quality of the product) and for the food product packaging industry for optimum design of the package (shapes, sizes, material savings). UFV is a completely automatic instrument and is suited to a wide range of applications. It can indeed be used for any type of container, even with vacuum packaging. UFV comes with dedicated software that guides the operator step-by-step, simply and intuitively. The parameters measured (pressure and volume) are displayed on the PC the UFV is connected to with a serial socket-outlet in just a few minutes. When combined with gas chromatography instruments, UFV also measures the composition of the package's "head space". |