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Determination of quality parameters of crude palm oil using near-infrared spectroscopy and multivariate analysis
Edible oils are an integral part of human diets; being used in virtually all types of culinary practices...
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Wake up and smell the coffee
Dr Kate Kemsley reports on her team’s discovery, which makes use of ‘benchtop’ NMR to overturn conventional wisdom on the chemical composition of our favourite drinkable pick-me-up.
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Keeping the bad stuff out
If you’ve ever wondered just what’s involved in lab-based identification of foreign objects within the supply chain, let Liz Moran enlighten you…
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Low-cost bacterial detection technology uses smartphone camera
Scientists are developing a dual-part detection method that can search for traces of bacteria in water or food samples using a smartphone and a $30 microscope add-on.
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Food analysis firms team up to boost transparency in food supply
Two American companies have announced a partnership aimed at using new techniques and analytical chemistry expertise to uncover nutritional value in food.
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International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis review
The 8th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA 2017) was held on 7 – 10 November 2017 in Prague, Clarion Congress hotel Prague, Czech Republic. The meeting was organised jointly by the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT Prague, Czech Republic) and RIKILT, Wageningen University &…
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Technique developed to spot impurities in ground beef within minutes
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have found a better way to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef.
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The fundamental importance of chemical food safety testing
Lukas Vaclavik, Staff Scientist at Covance Food Solutions, discusses exclusively with New Food the importance of a thorough chemical food testing process.
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The fundamental importance of mass spectrometry to our food
Naren Meruva, PhD, MBA, Sr. Business Development Manager, Food & Environmental, Waters Corporation discusses exclusively with New Food the importance of mass spectrometry to the food industry.
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Does steaming fish eliminate more cyanotoxins than boiling?
Researchers from the University of Seville show that steaming fish eliminates more cyanotoxins than boiling it
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Food Analysis In-Depth Focus 2017
Loop-mediated isothermal nucleic acid amplification (LAMP) for food microbiology testing; Best practice for crystallisation kinetics measurements via NMR; and MyToolBox – the smart way to tackle mycotoxins...
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Whitepaper: Quality and process control of barley using NIR spectroscopy
In this whitepaper, discover how ZEISS in cooperation with TQC Dienstleistungen e.K. can offer a robust solution for checking the quality of the constituents throughout the malting process...
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Determination of organic and inorganic contaminants in beer using ICP- and LC- mass spectrometry
18 August 2016 | By Shimadzu Europa GmbH
Beer is the most popular alcoholic beverage in Europe. In Germany, beer enjoys a particularly high status due to the German Beer Purity Law of 1516 (the “Reinheitsgebot”), which uniquely defines the ingredients of beer to be hops, malt, yeast and water...
