Special Issues-09-02-2014

This article discusses the liquid chromatography instrumentation (columns, mobile phases, and detectors) that can be applied to determine different carbohydrates in human food and animal feeds.

A review of the analytical methods available to chromatographers for the determination of sources of off-flavours and food taints.

A novel system for fully automated comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography is presented.

Edible oils and fats are complex mixtures of compounds. This article describes the role of normal-phase liquid chromatography as a generic sample pretreatment tool prior to detailed gas chromatography (GC) analysis.

Food provides the body with energy, and good food is indispensable for a healthy life. With a worldwide population of over seven billion people, it is clear that state-of-the art technology is needed to provide food of a sufficient high quality.

Advances in nano-ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (nUHPLC) and micro–UHPLC (?UHPLC) are described and evaluated, with reference to the analysis of veterinary drugs and steroids in porcine meat and urine, respectively.

Click the title above to open the LCGC Europe September 2014 Advances in Food Analysis Supplement, Vol 27 No s9, in an interactive PDF format.