Carbo Analytics

Technology developed by Fort Collins-based Carbo Analytics could save the beer, pharmaceutical, biofuel and soft-drink industries thousands of dollars in production costs.

Carbo Analytics utilizes lab-on-chip technology to separate and analyze sugars used during fermentation processes such as brewing beer. During production, a sample is taken and in about 15 minutes, the producer knows what’s happening with the sugars.

“This is a benefit because they can’t otherwise follow sugars during the production,´ said Carbo Analytics President and founder Dale Willard. “They can follow it after the fact through a lab, but then you essentially learn you’ve created a defective product after you’ve…