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Aroma in High Fat Foods by Thin Film(TF)-SPME-TD-GC/MS

4 March 2019 | By

Food product flavours are routinely monitored for quality, authenticity, and safety. Analysis may also be necessary due to off flavour or odour complaints. Aroma and flavour profiles are unique and consist of a large number of compounds spanning a wide range of concentrations, polarities, and functional groups and complicating the…

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Analysis of aroma compounds in edible oils by direct Thermal Desorption GC/MS using slitted microvials

9 July 2018 | By

The determination of aroma compounds in edible oils (olive oil, sunflower oil, fish oil etc.) is important for manufacturers and vendors of these products. Especially off-flavors / off-flavours derived from unsaturated fatty acid degradation such as, for example, hexanal, 2-(E)-nonenal and 2,4-(E,E)-decadienal are of interest. These compounds can compromise the…

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Fully automated determination of 3-MCPD and Glycidol in edible oils by GC/MS based on the commonly used methods ISO 18363-1, AOCS Cd 29c-13, and DGF C-VI 18 (10)

9 July 2018 | By

3-MCPD and Glycidol and especially their fatty acid esters are process contaminants that are formed, for example, when edible oils and fats are refined. At least some of the above-mentioned substances are classified as potential human carcinogens, a fact which has prompted the introduction of rules and regulations that specify…