{"id":7094,"date":"2016-03-17T03:43:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T08:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insta-pro.com\/en\/?p=7094"},"modified":"2019-07-12T09:34:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T14:34:22","slug":"with-nir-calibrations-are-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instapro.spinuhost.com\/en\/blog\/nutritionandtechnologies\/with-nir-calibrations-are-required\/","title":{"rendered":"With NIR, Calibrations Are Required"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have heard about the new Insta-Pro Portable Ingredient Analyzer (PIA) NIR machine.<\/a>\u00a0NIR technology is specifically designed for Insta-Pro soy customers to help them manage their soybean and meal quality and consistency.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve received several questions about how NIR machines work and about the need for calibrations.\u00a0 These are very good questions.<\/p>\n

Simply put, NIR machines work by shining near-infrared (NIR) light through a sample, and this gives information on the chemical bonds present.\u00a0 The chemical bonds are then used to predict <\/em>quantities of nutrients, like protein and oil.<\/p>\n

So, NIR machines do NOT <\/strong>directly measure nutrients.\u00a0 Rather, they are used to predict what data you would get from a lab.\u00a0 As a result, every <\/em>NIR machine must be calibrated against a set of samples that was analyzed by a lab.\u00a0 So, data from NIR machines is only as good as the original calibration.<\/p>\n

This takes us back to the Insta-Pro PIA NIR machine.\u00a0 In order to construct valuable calibrations for our customers, samples of whole soybeans and partially-defatted soybean meal were gathered from Insta-Pro customers and analyzed by a lab for protein, oil, moisture, and fiber.\u00a0 We were able to generate broad calibration curves with this wide-ranging data.<\/p>\n

What this means is that every Insta-Pro PIA NIR machine:<\/p>\n