Quality Management

BayWa's top priority is to ensure the highest quality of our hop raw materials. This is what our customers expect from us.

Product Storage

BayWa hop cones are inspected immediately after harvest to ensure that they meet high quality and food safety standards and are immediately stored in our own cold stores at ideal cooling temperatures until processing. All BayWa hop products are immediately stored in large temperature and humidity controlled cold stores at a temperature of 5°C and 60 % humidity until they are transported to our customers. Regular checks and maintenance of our cold stores guarantee the consistent quality of our hop products.

Assuring Quality

In the BayWa Hops department, we support our contract growers throughout the entire production process: from the construction of hop racks and advice on professional fertilization and integrated crop protection to 24-hour service during the harvest period. The expertise and personal commitment of our staff ensure the consistently high quality of our hops.
Constantly improving the quality of our products is an important key objective of BayWa AG Hopfen. Our motivation which drives us is the satisfaction of our customers. Safe processes and production methods, high service quality and compliance with legal requirements form the basis for this. To achieve this, we have integrated process monitoring, a certified, internationally recognized quality management system in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 and a food safety system in accordance with HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points). Food safety hazards are identified and assessed, relevant risks are monitored, and appropriate measures are taken to minimize the risk.

The Laboratory

In our BayWa Hop Laboratory we carry out all quality analyses for hops using the latest analysis technology, internationally recognized analytical methods and professional laboratory staff. A specially developed process monitoring system ensures that consistent product quality is guaranteed throughout the entire production process. By participating in various independent comparative laboratory analyses, our analyses are monitored and confirmed at regular intervals. This enables us to guarantee the consistent high quality of our products at all times.
Methods of analysis:

• EBC 7.2 Water conten
•  EBC 7.4 α-acids in raw hops
• EBC 7.5 α-acids in hop pellets
• EBC 7.7 HPLC analysis (α- and β-acids)
• EBC 7.10 Total oil content
• ASBC (spectrophotometric α- and β-acid determination)
• HSI (Hop storage Index)