Food and Beverage Analysis

Pickering Laboratories, Inc.

Beverages, such as sodas and energy drinks, can include a number of polar ingredients, which are easily soluble in the water matrix of the drinks. These ingredients include sweeteners (sugars and sugar substitutes), caffeine, vitamin supplements, amino acids, organic acids, and plant extracts. Because the analytes are already in solution, there is no need for extensive sample preparation. Dilution followed by direct injection into an HPLC is typically suitable.

Caramel colorings are used as additives in a broad range of food and beverage products, but have no nutritional or preservative function. Recently, the potential hazard to humans of ammonia- and ammonia-sulfite-process caramel colorings was raised, because they contain the by-product 4-methylimidazole, which is a potential carcinogen (1).

Scientists in Portugal have been investigating important molecular and biochemical changes that occur when grapes are growing to find out how they affect wine aroma.

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Is ?green foodomics? another buzz word or a new direction in food analysis? LCGC spoke to Professor Elena Ibañez to find out more.

Scientists in Portugal have been investigating important molecular and biochemical changes that occur when grapes are growing to find out how they affect wine aroma.

Tips and Tricks on Screening and Confirmatory Methods for Residues and Contaminants in Foods

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This analytical approach can be applied in many fields; the example illustrates its use in a food chemistry application.

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A careful approach to data handling is important for the understanding of how certain procedures alter the metabolic profile of samples.

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A novel, simple, rapid and effective method to determine pesticide residues in red wine samples is described.

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The Column spoke to Janie Dubois, Laboratory Programme Manager at the International Food Safety Training Laboratory (IFSTL), about the training programme to boost the standard of food analysis to comply with internationally recognized food safety standards and US regulations.

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A novel, simple, rapid and effective method to determine pesticide residues in red wine samples is descibed.

A new strain of the enzyme ?-glucosidase isolated from the microbial strain Aureobasidium pullulans (Sp? ?-gl) improves the aroma of wine, according to a team of Brazilian researchers.1 Published in Appl. Biochem Biotechnol., the study indicated that the Sp? ?-gl strain functioned over a wide range of pH levels, had two peaks of optimum temperature and was tolerant to ethanol.

The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) and Waters (Milford, Massachusetts, USA) have officially opened the first food safety training facility (York, UK), the first of its kind in Europe.

Malvidin, a polyphenol found in red wine, has been presented as a potential candidate for the reduction of heart disease.

The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has added nearly 800 new records, mostly from 2011 and 2012, to its Food Fraud Database, increasing the size of the database by 60%. The original database contained 1,300 records, covering fraud reports issued between 1980 and 2010. The database compiles data taken from publicly available reports in both scholarly journals and general media, with key findings published in the Journal of Food Science.

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