Our products
The products we supply
UKCA work with many packhouses and distribution centres, providing quality control equipment and UKAS traceable certificates for these busy and highly regulated environments, giving our customers peace of mind that they are well looked after and working to a high standard.
Over 20 years of QA instruments
With over 20 years’ experience, UKCA Ltd have built a vast QA instrument catalogue, providing the best instruments available from around the world.
Are you in need of sizing rings? We have designed our own plastic sizing rings made from food-grade plastic, making them easy to clean and very flexible. Rings can be produced in any size; multi-hole plates are also available for smaller produce like grapes, cherries or blueberries.
Pressure testing
We stock the full range of FT series penetrometers, so whether you are interested in the pressure of soft fruit, apples or avocados, we have the instrument for you.
The FT penetrometer can be mounted in a precision drill via an adaptor, both available from UKCA.
The FTA automatic penetrometer is an essential tool for the busy packhouse, giving an Excel spreadsheet of results for test samples and removing the human error of the traditional handheld instrument. Supplied and calibrated to a UKAS traceable standard by UKCA Ltd.
Looking for a shore meter to test your tomatoes? We supply a handheld digital shore meter at great value.
Refractometers
With the heavy workload now placed on these instruments and the increasing need to get through batches of produce quickly, we are pleased to offer the Krüss digital pocket refractometer. These German-built, rugged refractometers give instant results, speeding up the testing process.
The Atago range of instruments is still available on request, as are optical refractometers.
Thermometers
UKCA have been selling thermometers from ETI Ltd for many years. These well-made, British-built thermometers are unrivalled for quality and price. We stock all the popular models, each available with an in-house certificate on request.
Large-digit temperature and humidity displays for packhouses and chill rooms are also available.
Sizing
Our popular, low-cost sizing rings are a hit throughout Europe and found in most of the large packhouses. All sizes are available from 2 mm to 200 mm and bigger.
Band gauges are a great way to measure all sizes on one instrument. We stock the Cranston gauge from the USA and metal sizing bands for larger sizes.
If you require Vernier calipers, we stock the digital Moore & Wright calipers, giving great value and accuracy.
Weights and scales
Individual precision weights and bench scales, calibrated to a UKAS traceable standard, available on request.
See our services page for calibration of scales and other QA instruments.
Other products
Analysers
Isolcell’s OXYCARB 6 has been designed to be at the top of the market in portable gas analysers. This portable dual-gas analyser has a sleek design, is lightweight and has easy touch-screen operation. You will not be disappointed.
- Reads O2 and CO2, with the second decimal for precise control of DCA atmospheres
- Displays pressure values for gas-tightness testing of rooms
- Optional temperature and relative humidity probe
- Over 10 hours of battery life with the sampling pump working
- Graphs to test equipment performance, with interactive zoom
- SD card data logging, USB 2.0, Ethernet, RS485 and CAN interfaces
- Compact and rugged construction
Ioniser
Isolcell’s AEROCLEAN ioniser uses high-voltage electricity to ionise air molecules, maintaining the freshness of produce and solving conservation problems. Air ionisation in a confined environment gives a significant reduction in bacteria and fungi, neutralises odours and volatile organic compounds, and helps filter fine particulate matter.
It has been developed to control and prevent the formation of mould and pathogenic fungi such as botrytis, cladosporium, penicillium and aspergillus, and to reduce ethylene, the gas that speeds ripening. An effective way to sanitise air and surfaces in fruit and vegetable stores.
Starch tester
The AMILON by Isolcell is an automatic starch meter that photographs an equatorial section of fruit previously exposed to an iodine–potassium iodide solution. Innovative software processes the image and gives a precise measurement of the starch stage.
It is particularly suitable wherever the ripeness index of apples and pears needs to be determined with a quick measurement that is accurate and free from erroneous interpretation.