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Video: Applications in Focus – Food Integrity

25 February 2016 | By Ocean Optics

Ocean Optics discuss applications of miniature, modular reflectance spectroscopy for Food Integrity using a dual channel Vis-NIR system including the new ultra-compact Flame-NIR spectrometer...

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Food adulteration detection and measurement with NIR hyperspectral imaging

22 February 2016 | By Marena Manley, Professor, Stellenbosch University / Federico Marini, University Researcher, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’

Food adulteration, e.g. adulteration of spices, can be incidental or intentional. Incidental adulteration occurs when foreign substances are added to a food due to ignorance, negligence or using inadequate facilities. Intentional adulteration, also referred to as economic adulteration, entails the deliberate addition of inferior materials to a food to improve…

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PTR-MS applications in food

9 December 2015 | By Alex Webbe, Laboratory Manager, Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) / Donna Byrom, Technical Specialist, Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL)

One of the more interesting developments in recent years has been the introduction of Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS), a variant not on the way that ionised particles are detected, but on the way they are produced. The PTR technique is more ‘gentle’ in the way it applies a charge…

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NIR hyperspectral imaging for detection of nut contamination

1 September 2015 | By Puneet Mishra, Belén Diezma and Pilar Barreiro, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

‘Nut’ is used to describe a wide range of seeds with a seed coat or shell. Because of high-energy content, micronutrients and positive global health impact, nuts have been present for centuries in human diet. However, over recent decades they have increasingly been found to induce adverse health effects. With…