TECHNOLOGIES PIONEERED
James W. Stitley
Examples of Key Technology and Market Developments
- Fine particle specialist for powders, liquids, and suspensions
- Developed unique rodent food system for NASA space flights
- First automated food nutritional analysis (Technicon Autoanalyzer)
- Automated food chemistry (Bausch & Lomb automated analyzer)
- Dicromat salt analyzer
- API rapid microbiological identification system
- Microtrac laser particle size analyzer - static & dynamic distributions;
diverse applications
- Established one of first full service food testing laboratories (1975)
- Holography as an advertising medium in the food industry (1976)
- First application of sorbate spray for English muffin mold control
- Clean room slicing and packaging of breads in commercial bakery
- Flour Quality Monitoring program; breeders, millers, and bakers
standardized baking performance
- Arnott's continuous fermentation system - Australia and U.S.
- First use of ultra high speed mixing for breads and rolls in U.S.
- Rheon lamination and co-extrusion technology
- Technology development for Pepperidge Farm's automated Lakeland bakery
- Bacterial alpha amylases for stale retardation in baked goods
- Conference for tropical oil replacement in baked goods
- Two advanced technology seminars on sensors and control systems in the baking industry
- Instantaneous proofing of English muffins
- International research consortium for mechanism of microwave toughing bakery foods
- Combination microwave-impingement oven technologies
- Vision controlled robotics for cookie sandwiching and packing
- Modified atmosphere packaging for mold control of baked goods
- Oxygen scavengers for mold control
- Vacuum cooling and microbiological test model
- Fast bake technology for 2 minute pizzas
- Developed consumer based quality monitoring program for major wholesale baker
- Water activity control for jam filled cookies
- Dough cooling by direct gas injection
- Natural antioxidants for fat containing dry goods
- Numerous publications, presentations, seminars and research consortia
- International experience; technology transfer; acquisitions
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