Food and Beverage Analysis

A newly published review reveals insights into the history of capillary electrophoresis, from its development to its current state-of-the-art applications, through a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of publications between 1980 and 2021.

New article reviews the progress in suppression techniques for ion chromatography from 1981 to 2022, with an emphasis on the last ten years, and discusses the current challenges and future prospects regarding suppressors.

This year, the American Oil Chemists Society will convene in Denver, Colorado, for a conference filled with exciting talks about the latest developments related to edible oils, fats, surfactants, and related materials.

Glyphosate and AMPA are two potentially dangerous chemicals within herbicides. Using LC–MS to detect these chemicals is important to human and environmental health.

Direct-infusion tandem mass spectrometry (DI-MS/MS) enables researchers to quantify citrate isomers and isobars in biological samples with high accuracy and reliability.

While pesticides may be beneficial, they may also cause health risks in foods. In a recent study, scientists created new methods for detecting maximum pesticide residue levels.

Using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, a recent study was able to identify several compounds that give specialty coffee their fruity flavors and aromas.

A recent study was conducted using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) to identify the effect of cooking and storage on poly)phenolic compounds in piquillo peppers.

A recent study has shown that PFAS "forever chemicals" are present in some fast food packaging to a potentially alarming degree.

Online SPE–LC–MS/MS combined with the method presented enabled automated cleanup of food extracts and determination of PFAS compounds in the ng/kg range.

SIFT–MS analysis has potential to screen large numbers of packaging samples for the volatile MOH fraction, providing a rapid indication of packaging material contamination.

LCGC Europe spoke to Giorgia Purcaro from the University of Liège in Belgium, about her work investigating mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH) using GCxGC and the practical advantages that a novel LC–GCxGC–TOF-MS/FID method offers the analyst.

The 20th International GC×GC Symposium will take place from 28 May–1 June 2023, and will be held in Canmore, Alberta.

The monitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into food is an important environmental and health concern. Raquel Sendón García, PhD, is a Faculty Member in the Department of Analytical Chemistry of Nutrition and Food Science, and a Faculty of Pharmacy member at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. She has been performing research on food contamination and the presence of potentially harmful chemicals in foods for some time. We recently spoke to her about her work using GC–MS and other analytical techniques to analyze PFAS migration into food from packaging materials.

This article presents a new column technology that uses reversed phase separation and offers excellent peak shape, resolution, and robustness for a wide variety of food matrices.

Webinar Date/Time: Tue, Mar 28th 2023 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 5pm CET

As our knowledge about PFAS in food continues to develop, and regulations evolve, we must continue to refine our analytical methods.

Webinar Date/Time: Thu, Mar 2, 2023 11:00 AM EST

Webinar Date/Time: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 Morning session: 9:30 am EST - 12:15 pm EST Afternoon session: 2:00 pm EST - 4:00 pm EST Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 Morning session: 9:30 am EST - 12:15 pm EST Afternoon session: 2:00 pm EST - 4:00 pm EST

Immersive sorptive extraction coupled with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC–TOF-MS) was used to compare flavour profiles from popular brand soft drinks with those of imitation products.

Webinar Date/Time: Airing 1: Tuesday January 17, 2023 at 9am EST | 2pm GMT | 3pm CET Airing 2: Tuesday January 17, 2023 at 2pm EST | 1pm CST | 11am PST

This month we interview Raviraj Chandrakant Shinde from India, about his work on the analysis of various food contaminants using chromatography and mass spectrometry, and the challenges involved in analyzing polar and ionic pesticides.

Untargeted GC–MS metabolomics with sample derivatization is shown here to be effective for measuring the chemical profiles of traditional and plant-based meat products.

Webinar Date/Time: Fri, Dec 2, 2022 11:00 AM EST

How to lower the limits of quantitation as the regulatory landscape continues to evolve.