Infratec™

FOSS is the world's leading provider of analytical instruments for the global food and agricultural sector

Founded in 1956, FOSS is 100% family owned and for decades, FOSS has worked side by side with leading experts and companies to be at the forefront of the analytical technology development.

Today, FOSS’s dedicated analytical solutions provide convenience, speed, and labour savings, while delivering high analytical capacity and low cost per sample. Common issues such as the need for analytical results with minimal operational concerns about calibration, usability and instrument uptime are constantly kept in mind in the design of any FOSS solution.

In brewing, the benefit of rapid, easy-to-use test equipment has released brewers from the burden of previous testing methods. From the wort to finished beer and hard seltzer, users can simply place a sample in an instrument. In a few minutes, the results for multiple parameters appear on the touch-screen interface. These include direct alcohol measurement, density, pH and extracts. This easy access to reliable beer analysis test data gives brewers the freedom to push their boundaries as they strive to create exciting new offerings for a growing market.