Measuring system for automatically determining and/or monitoring the quality of liquid or viscous foodstuffs, and comprising - a housing with a space for accommodating at least one container for such a liquid or viscous foodstuff, - at least one container for or with said foodstuff, with a probe (7; 7') which projects into the container, - a viscosity measuring device for determining a viscosity value of the foodstuff in said space, and - a control unit which is configured for controlling the measuring system, and which is operatively connected to the viscosity measuring device for repeatedly performing a viscosity measurement and storing and/or exporting and/or processing the determined viscosity value, wherein the viscosity measuring device comprises: - a magnetic first body, - a controllable electromagnetic drive (60-1,..., 60-10) for the first body, and - a detection system for detecting displacement of the body, comprising a plurality of proximity sensors, in particular Hall sensors, wherein the first body, in use, is displaceable on account of the drive, wherein, in use, the first body is situated in the container, wherein the drive comprises a plurality of individually energisable coils (60-1,..., 60-10) which are wound around the container which are stacked in a stack, wherein the control unit is configured to individually energise the coils in a predetermined pattern, in such a way that the first body is displaced in the container, characterised in that the first body, in use, surrounds the probe and is displaceable around the probe, and the probe comprises a thermometer. - a housing with a space for accommodating at least one container for such a liquid or viscous foodstuff, - at least one container for or with said foodstuff, with a probe (7; 7') which projects into the container, - a viscosity measuring device for determining a viscosity value of the foodstuff in said space, and - a control unit which is configured for controlling the measuring system, and which is operatively connected to the viscosity measuring device for repeatedly performing a viscosity measurement and storing and/or exporting and/or processing the determined viscosity value, - a magnetic first body, - a controllable electromagnetic drive (60-1,..., 60-10) for the first body, and - a detection system for detecting displacement of the body, comprising a plurality of proximity sensors, in particular Hall sensors, wherein the first body, in use, is displaceable on account of the drive, wherein, in use, the first body is situated in the container, wherein the drive comprises a plurality of individually energisable coils (60-1,..., 60-10) which are wound around the container which are stacked in a stack, wherein the control unit is configured to individually energise the coils in a predetermined pattern, in such a way that the first body is displaced in the container, characterised in that the first body, in use, surrounds the probe and is displaceable around the probe, and the probe comprises a thermometer. wherein the first body, in use, is displaceable on account of the drive, wherein, in use, the first body is situated in the container, wherein the drive comprises a plurality of individually energisable coils (60-1,..., 60-10) which are wound around the container which are stacked in a stack, wherein the control unit is configured to individually energise the coils in a predetermined pattern, in such a way that the first body is displaced in the container, characterised in that the first body, in use, surrounds the probe and is displaceable around the probe, and the probe comprises a thermometer.