In the United States, the food and beverage manufacturing industry is approximately a $760 billion per year industry and growing.  However, it’s also extremely competitive and heavily regulated, so food and beverage processors face a number of challenges and tight margins. Nicol Scales & Measurement understands these challenges, and we are here to help.  Our food and beverage processing customers will tell you that NSM offers a variety of scales and weighing equipment at different price points that meet or exceed hygienic and high pressure wash down standards for adherence to HAACP, FDA, USDA, SQF and other industry standards.

NSM also offers systems and software to ensure that traceability and safety protocols are being met, scrap is minimized and an ROI is achieved. Our Service and EasyCal Calibration programs are designed to maximize your weighing and measurement equipment’s uptime and efficiency while saving you money.

Contact us today to design and implement a custom solution for your production, lab, maintenance or calibration needs.

Analytical Balances

Batching and Recipe Software

Bench Scales

Check Weighing & Inspection

Digital Force Gauges

Dry Block Heaters

Extreme Environment & Wash Down Scales

Food Service Scales

Food Testing Grips and Fixtures

Force Measurement Load Cells and Sensors

Hardware

High Precision Mobile Weighing

Hydraulic Floor Scales

Hydraulic Load Cells for Wet Environment

Hygienic Load Cells (Process Control)

Indicators / Controllers (Process Control)

Labeling and Barcoding Software

Mechanical Force Gauges

Mechanical Test Stands

Moisture Balances

Motorized Test Stands

Power and Communication

Precision Balances

Programmable Test Stands

Quality Control Software

Single Column Testing Systems up to 5kN

Stainless Steel Load Cells

Test Stand Accessories

Top Loading Balances

Torque Measurement

Torque Sensors

Torque Testing Accessories

Wash Down Indicators

Water Analysis Meters & Electrodes

Weighing Assemblies for Tank and Hopper Weighing (Process Control)

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March 9, 2021Ametek’s Lloyd TA1 Food Texture Analyzer Shapes the Future of Food VideoNSM Manufacturer Ametek’s Lloyd TA1 food texture analyzer is helping to shape the future of food; Redefine Meat LTD who ...

January 26, 2021Dallas Water Treatment Plant UpdateA Dallas area water treatment plant asked NSM to replace their worn-out scale that is used to track the amount ...

March 24, 2020Essential Industries ServicesNSM is an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited organization that provides critical products and support services to numerous Essential Industries. Our team is ...

June 29, 2021Fish Feed WeighingWhen Norwegian company Aqua Shipping wanted to optimize their processes by relocating fish feed weighing from land to sea, NSM ...

July 25, 2023Food Safety MattersTwo Ohaus Industrial Market Product Managers appeared on the podcast Food Safety Matters to discuss the differences between industrial scales ...

April 13, 2021Minebea Intec Meeting the Increasingly Stringent Requirements of the Food Industry VideoThe weighing module Novego was specifically developed to meet the increasingly stringent requirements of the food industry. This hygienic all-in-one ...

May 30, 2023Minebea Intec Supports Dairy CompaniesNSM manufacturer Minebea Intec supports dairy companies with tailor-made technologies that improved their product safety and efficiency. Watch this video ...

May 10, 2022Minebea Intec Supports Dairy Companies VideoNSM manufacturer Minebea Intec supports dairy companies with tailor-made technologies that improved their product safety and efficiency. Watch this video ...

March 16, 2021Minebea Intec The Global Consumption of Confectionery Grows VideoMinebea Intec is committed to accepting no half measures with the confectionary industry. The global consumption of confectionery is growing ...

September 17, 2019Reducing Food WastePer the US Department of Agriculture, more than one-third of all available food goes uneaten through loss or waste every year ...

September 25, 2018The Importance of Hygienic DesignIn the food production industry, product contamination by microorganisms such as bacteria or fungi presents a potential and omnipotent risk. It is ...

March 3, 2020The Importance of Scaling and Weighing Snack PackagesBaking Business details the importance of accurately scaling and weighing snack packages in a 2019 article. “Accurately scaling and weighing ...

October 12, 2021The Ultimate Efficiency Boost for Grain ProcessorsNSM manufacturer Rice Lake Weighing Systems’ recent article “The Ultimate Efficiency Boost for Grain Processors” details a number of grain dump ...

February 11, 2020Weighing Dairy CowsFarmers Weekly assessed the value of automatically weighing dairy cows when they are milked. These weighing platforms are added in ...

May 11, 2021World’s Largest Box of Pop-TartsRecently Kellogg Company and 7-Eleven, Inc. unveiled the World’s Largest Box of Toaster Pastries filled with Pop-Tarts in the parking lot of ...

December 15, 2016Dairy TestingConsistency, gel strength, spreadability, tensile strength, extensibility, viscosity, creep, relaxation, cutting resistance, firmness and hardness of cheese, yoghurt, butter, sauces ...

February 26, 2016Dynamic Average Weight Control at DannonDanone, also known as Dannon according to its U.S. subsidiary’s name, rethought its entire production process as it expected to ...

February 23, 2016Farm Desires to Expand Seed BusinessThe farm will use this scale to expand seed business. A new B-TEK Centurion Hybrid steel deck analog truck scale was ...

February 23, 2016Making a Drum Scale Mobile with Attached Ramp for Easier Loading and UnloadingThe Clients – Warehouses, manufacturing facilities and all customers with portability needs The Challenge – To make a drum scale mobile with ...

December 15, 2016Meat, Poultry and Fish TestingToughness of cooked meat, firmness, cutting strength and rapid slice shear force are just a few of the test types ...

December 15, 2016Packaging TestingBy combining the TA1 texture analyzer with our grips and fixtures for packaging testing you can perform tests such as ...

December 15, 2016Pasta, Rice and Noodles TestingThe TA1 texture analyzer and NEXYGENPlus food texture applications software can assess product quality on a wide range of food ...

December 15, 2016Pet Food TestingTexture analyzers are routinely used for determining the hardness and consistency of various pet food products.

August 23, 2017PTI-Compliant Labeling System Installed at Buona FoodsLike other produce companies (growers, re-packers, and distributors), Buona Foods needed to address the requirements associated with the Produce Traceability ...

April 5, 2016Raising the Dough at Giannella Modern Baking CompanyJohn Imparato, the proud and colorful owner of Giannella Modern Baking Company in Paterson, New Jersey, has one of those ...

November 2, 2016Rattling the Acres of Outagamie County with Rice Lake’s Mobile Marketing UnitIt can be quiet in Wisconsin’s farm country, with July’s mid-day sun forcing every living creature to shade and shelter, ...

November 2, 2016Red is Delicious with Rice LakeA world-renowned fruit company uses Rice Lake scales throughout their production facilities to deliver superior products and business development. There is ...

November 2, 2016Replacing Previous Scale in a Gravel Pit LocationThe Customer – ConAgra Foods, Morrell, Ohio location The Challenge -Replacing a previous scale in a gravel pit location. The Solution – ...

April 6, 2016Rice Lake Helps Break World Record for Shrimp Cocktail, Fruit Salad and Chocolate SculpturesGuinness World Record: The Shrimp Capital MAZATLÁN, MEXICO—Mazatlan prides itself on seafood, to say the least. The “Pearl of the Pacific,” ...

November 2, 2016Scottish Agricultural College Uses the TA1 to Measure the Eating Quality of MeatTo measure the eating quality of meat, the Scottish Agricultural College uses the TA1 texture analyzer from Lloyd Instruments. Uniformity and enhancement ...

December 5, 2011Seafood Company in Houston Area Needs Reliable Scales and ProgrammingSeafood Company in Houston area had a bagging system with two Weightronix indicators that had custom programs in them. Scales ...

November 2, 2016Time Flies at Tilcon, Thanks to the Automated Ticketing SystemsTilcon owns and operates dozens of quarries, asphalt and recycling plants, water terminals, and highway construction divisions, in New York ...

September 6, 2018Tracking and Dispensing Grain into Brewing TanksA new microbrewery in the rapidly expanding Texas craft beer scene wanted a way to accurately track the amount of ...

December 14, 2020Tracking Chlorine at a Water Treatment PlantA Dallas area water treatment plant asked NSM to replace their worn out scale that is used to track the ...

November 2, 2016Turning Grain Dust into Gold with Grain Dump ScalesGrain fields in eastern Illinois and Wisconsin stretch as far as the horizon in all directions. Towering clusters of bins ...

October 21, 201910 Criteria to Choose a Static Industrial ScaleThis paper deals with the criteria that should be considered when selecting a scale for static industrial weighing. This white ...

November 1, 2016Enhancing Scale Performance for Multi-Component BatchingBatching systems, whether manual or automated, are everywhere. Compounding liquid solutions or blending powdered components into a final mixture is ...

June 26, 2017LabelBank Not Just for the Food Industry White PaperTracking boxes, crates, and bags of product is important to most businesses. Nowhere is it more important than in the currency business. ...

November 1, 2016Measuring the Eating Quality of MeatUniformity and enhancement of meat eating quality is seen as an important factor in the sustainability of the Scottish (and ...

June 26, 2017QuickSilver Bench Scale meets all demands of Gulf Coast supermarket chainAlong America’s Gulf Coast, from Gulf Shores, Ala., to Layfayette, La., you will find locations for regional supermarket chain, Rouses Food Market. From ...

November 1, 2016Selecting a Testing, Calibration or Measurement SupplierWhen selecting a supplier to fulfill your testing, calibration or measurement needs, you need to be sure that they can ...

November 1, 2016Single Column Force Testers Offer Practical and Affordable Force Testing SolutionsSingle column force testers today represent the largest single market segment of the force testing marketplace for a number of ...

November 1, 2016The Benefits of Buying LocalBusinesses are turning to the Internet for a wide variety of purchases, including scales. Although convenient and sometimes less expensive, ...

April 16, 2020Ohaus Supports the Fight Versus COVID-19As a trusted supplier of Laboratory Equipment and Weighing Apparatus, Ohaus supports scientists, researchers and laboratories around the world. The ...

November 17, 2014The Solution to Weighing Mobile Tanks and Reactors – a Caster Load Cell SystemHow do you weigh product accurately in a portable tank, vessel or reactor? With a specially designed  caster load cell! Read ...