The quality and safety of food are increasingly hot topics in science that impact significantly on human health and quality of life. As the growing global population puts ever greater demands on food supplies, there are multiple challenges to overcome and an increasing need for streamlined analytical workflows. In this top list article, we cover the latest advancements in food quality and safety testing, including rapid juice spoiler detection, a simple method for fast milk analysis and a guide to proximate analysis. Plus, a food testing expert shares the secrets to faster analysis.
In this exclusive interview, Jane Guido, principal scientist at Kalsec®, discusses challenges facing the food industry, innovative Waters technologies helping to accelerate analytical workflows and her predictions for the future.
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This application note describes a rapid method to determine purity and characterize the contents of dairy samples, using the Pearl™ liquid transmission accessory from Specac.
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Learn more about the MPA II FT-NIR spectrometer from Bruker Optics, an ideal tool for the analysis of raw materials, intermediates and finished products along the food production chain.
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Proximate analysis is used to quantify macronutrients in food. Here, BUCHI shows a combination of extraction, Kjeldahl and NIR techniques used to determine protein fat, moisture, ash and carbohydrates.
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Learn how the JULABO’s forcing test heating/refrigerated circulator determines the non-organic shelf life – hence, the expected lifetime of the beer in relation to turbidity – using an artificial hot-cold load.
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Is microbial contamination of juice-containing beverages ‘spoiling’ your day? Discover the Flow VIT® Alicyclobacillus test system from Sysmex, designed for fast, specific, accurate and automated detection of the beverage spoiling microorganism.
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Watch our on-demand webinar for insights on the latest LC-MS/MS technology that can be applied to food testing workflows to overcome common challenges, simplify sample prep, speed up analysis and minimize false reporting.
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