Whitepaper: Pesticides and organic toxins compendium
Rice is one of the most commonly consumed foods in the world. A variety of pesticides have been used in rice production to control pests, weeds and diseases to increase crop yield...
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Overcoming the complexities of cannabis analysis
Carl Carnagey, founder and CEO of Juniper Analytics, is the first to admit he totally underestimated what it would take for his startup to earn accreditation as an official cannabis testing lab in Oregon back in 2015. The experience, he says, has been daunting...
Safeguarding herb and spice authenticity
Infrared (IR) and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy are fast, easy-to-use techniques with applications in a wide variety of industries. The technique also has a history of being used for food applications such as those for measuring protein, moisture, and fat content...
PerkinElmer’s QSight LC/MS/MS improves food safety in China
China’s Xinjiang province has long served as the gateway between East and West. It is home to the legendary Silk Road, traversed by countless travelers over the ages in search of contacts beyond the expansive and rugged province that is nearly the size Alaska...
Finding antibiotics in milk
Those milk moustaches are a stroke of marketing genius. Just seeing them through the years evokes the health benefits of milk, from its proteins and calcium to its fortified vitamins. What we never see, however, is the growing global concern over the amount of antibiotic residuals that can be found…
Brewing a better beer
The Master Brewers Association claims that people drink beer with their eyes. If a beer has a nice big head of foam and no haze, most drinkers think those are the telltale signs of a good brew. For many beers, these attributes are highly desired, but brewers are the first…
Food fraud fighters go high tech
It came like a hard slap to the face for most people in the developed world. How could horsemeat end up in the human food supply chain? Sure, stories about food fraud and contamination in the developing world seem commonplace. The infamous melamine milk scandal of 2008 sickened hundreds of…
It’s time to turbocharge your cooking process
Manufacturers are under more pressure to produce food without increasing their factory footprint. Speeding up cooking processes using technology such as Steam Infusion can dramatically increase productivity without compromising the end product. See the graph below demonstrating how the speed of heating 1,000kg in a 2,500kg kettle changes depending on…
Ribotyping Easily Fills in for Whole Genome Sequencing to Characterise Foods-borne Pathogens
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) has become the ultimate test to display the order of every base pair in an entire length of DNA...
Automated SPE-LC-MS/MS method for Acrylamide in Coffee
Acrylamide is thought to be produced during the roasting process associated with coffee production...
Determination of arsenic species in beverages by HPLC-ICP-MS
The species or chemical form of elements determines their mobility, bioavailability and toxicity. Liquid chromatography or ion chromatography allow a separation of these species...
New quick and easy, palm-free emulsifier for cake production
Manufacturers wanting to remove palm oil from their cakes without sacrificing product quality now have a compelling alternative in the form of a fast and efficient, palm-free powdered emulsifier system...
Analysis of aroma compounds in edible oils by direct Thermal Desorption GC/MS using slitted microvials
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…
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)
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…
Stop packaging errors: drive profitability on your packaging line
Stop packaging errors and eliminate the risk of product withdrawals by removing human error...