Chemical Analysis for Food and Beverage Testing
Chemical analysis of foods and beverages is performed to ensure safe consumption, product quality, and product integrity. Chemical analysis is a pre-requisite for safeguarding correct food labeling, as well as protection of consumers against adulteration, misbranding of food, and unsafe beverages. To achieve these objectives, a combined approach including suitable food legislation, increased controls by food authorities, continuous studies by food safety agencies and universities to improve knowledge about food and food processing, and enhanced responsibility of the food industry is critical.
This combined monitoring approach is particularly important in the food and beverage industry due to the complex nature of how products come to market. For example, contamination of processed meat might come from the manufacturing process, but could also come from the animal feed or even the soil the feed was grown in.
Thus, analytical testing in the food and beverage industry also extends to environmental testing (e.g., soil and water quality, air monitoring). Analytical and instrumental methods for food and beverage analysis and quality control are implemented to test for safety, quality, and nutritional value. The complex compounds of our modern diet are analyzed in chemical testing labs in accordance to global and local regulations.
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Common Chemical Analysis Techniques
- Photometry & Rapid Chemical Testing
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- Importance of Volumetric Solution Standardization
The titer determination or standardization of a titration solution is essential for accurate and reliable titration results.
- Titration & Karl Fischer Titration
Titration is an analytical method to determine an unknown concentration using a solution of known concentration. Karl Fischer titration is a specific and widely used titration method to determine the water content of raw materials and finished products.
- Atomic Spectroscopy
Atomic spectroscopy uses the energy absorbed or emitted by electrons to identify and quantify the elemental composition of a sample. It includes various analytical techniques, such as AAS, AES, FAA, GFAA, ICP-OES, ICP-MS and XRF.
- Detecting Heavy Metals in Food and Beverages
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- QuEChERS Sample Preparation Method
QuEChERS is a ‘Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged and Safe’ sample cleanup method used to prepare food and agricultural samples for pesticides analysis. QuEChERS is based on the Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) technique of sample preparation.
- Solid Phase Micro-Extraction (SPME)
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- Titration Reagents
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- GC Analyses of FAMEs by Boiling Point Elution
GC Analyses of FAMEs by Boiling Point Elution
- Analysis of Fats (Fatty Acids, FAMEs, Glycerides) in Food and Beverages
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Nutritional Data for Packaged Food and Beverages
Nutritional data on packaged food is necessary to help customers make informed decisions based on dietary needs or to manage diet-related disorders. Accordingly, labeling regulations provide detailed requirements for nutritional labeling (nutrients, amounts, and caloric values) on food packages. Additional food testing by manufacturers for nutrients, like carbohydrates (sugars, saccharides), dietary fiber, organic acids, sugar alcohols, fats (fatty acids, FAMES, glycerides), proteins (amino acids, peptides), sodium, vitamins, and minerals is crucial for consistent nutrient declaration.
Contamination Testing for Food & Beverage Safety
Chemical food safety analysis allows for the safe consumption of products free of allergens, harmful pesticide residues, heavy metals, mycotoxins , and veterinary drug residues. Advances have been made in crop protection and food manufacturing procedures to enable increased food production. In parallel, the long-term effects of these advances, such as the increased use of pesticides to ensure adequate crop yield, are under constant review by government regulatory agencies to ensure they do not become harmful.
Analytical Testing for Food Adulteration and Misbranding
Food authenticity testing ensured food integrity by protecting customers from food adulteration and misbranding. Analytical methods are used to detect substitutions of ingredients or illegal chemical additions that alter or mask characteristics.
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