M&M Candy - Puncture


Industry:

Food

Confectionery

Attributes measured:

crispiness

hardness

firmness

initial gradient

initial crust fracture

distance to fracture

brittleness

Background

In this application study M&M’s and Peanut M&M’s candies were tested with a TA-52 2 mm Puncture Probe in order to test the firmness and brittleness of the outer coating.