Articles related to 'food quality'
April 24, 2012 // Events
Wine Screening Solution Attracts Interest at ANUGA
The Bruker booth at this years Anuga FoodTec - an international trade fair for food and drink technology - was the location for the launch of the new NMR-based wine screening solution. As well as attendees of the show, selected customers in the German wine industry were invited to come along and discover for themselves how revolutionary the process could be to their existing methods. The first generation of the ... Continue reading
April 5, 2012 // Food Quality & Safety
Wine Safety and Quality Control using High-Resolution FT-NMR
Frequent wine scandals in recent years have demonstrated a need for a technology that can rapidly assess both quality and safety, yet be simple to use and deliver on a number of important parameters. A new solution performs wine analysis using proton NMR spectroscopy at 400 MHz, which includes straightforward sample preparation, rapid measurement and fully automated analysis, resulting in the simultaneous measurement of a set of key quality and safety relevant parameters. ... Continue reading
December 19, 2011 // Food Quality & Safety
An Omics Approach to Food Science
For two years now the existence of a new science has been acknowledged - namely Food-omics, a science that is helping define particular foodstuff from a broader point of view. It is not enough anymore to know the composition of macro nutrients nor to go through the details of just a few components. In order to study the production of new foodstuffs, by focusing on its healthy properties or characterize existing foods from a similar perspective, ... Continue reading
November 8, 2011 // Future Events
Hong Kong's First NMR Workshop, 12-14 December
Jointly organized and sponsored by Bruker BioSpin and the Department of Biology and Chemistry, at the City University of Hong Kong, the first NMR workshop will be held at the university from 12-14 December 2011. With a specific focus on current and growing applications in China, topics will range from basic to advanced NMR techniques, biological sample preparation, hyphenated techniques, quantitative NMR, assisted structure identification and much more. Applications will include solid state NMR, clinical applications, HR-MAS NMR, ... Continue reading
September 23, 2011 // Food Quality & Safety
Food Irradiation Control Using EPR
Worldwide, it is estimated that more than 500,000 tons of food and dietary supplements are treated with radiation with spices and vegetable seasonings making up the majority. Though this amount is small compared to the amount of food produced both the current standards for consumer protection and the need for a traceable and transparent food production chain demand a proper food control strategy. National authorities are responsible for issuing a clearance list ... Continue reading
August 12, 2011 // Food Quality & Safety
Quality Validation of Food Analysis using non-targeted NMR screening
Customers who submit samples for analysis through the Bruker Analytical Services Food Center demand results of the highest quality and reliability, requiring continuous validation of analyses performed. An intensive in-house validation is undertaken as well as participation in official and international ring tests. For SGF-Profiling™ the following validation methods are continuously applied: Proof of highest-level reproducibility Proof of inter-instrumental identity of results Comparison with official ... Continue reading
August 2, 2011 // Process Control
Rapid, automated analysis for optimizing your beer’s shelf life
Oxidative staling of beer occurs by a free radical process. During storage, even trace amounts of transition metals such as iron or copper will catalyze the conversion of molecular oxygen to what are known as “reactive oxygen species” (ROS). One such ROS is the hydroxyl free radical which rapidly oxidizes components of the beer to free radicals. Beer-derived free radicals react further to perpetuate a chain reaction that results in carbonyl end products such as aldehydes and ketones. It ... Continue reading
August 1, 2011 // Food Quality & Safety
Dietary Supplements: Developing a ‘Fingerprinting’ Identification Tool
Efforts are underway to establish a non-targeted quality control screen for plant extracts used as dietary supplements. Such a screen will improve the safety and efficacy to the consumer and meet the 2007 FDA ruling requiring cGMP compliance to ensure the quality of dietary supplements. Raw material from plant vary widely due to agricultural, harvesting, or processing methods. Intentional adulteration or non-intentional adulteration may also occur in the commercial product. To add further confusion, plant material used in dietary supplements ... Continue reading
