Analysis of Elemental Contaminants in Beverages - Thermo Apps Note

In this article, you’ll find some of the top content that was published on LCGC this week, including a technical article on food flavor and an interview with the president of Shimadzu Europa.

Food contact materials contain low molecular weight additives and processing aids which can migrate into foods leading to trace levels of contamination. Food safety is ensured through regulations, comprising compositional controls and migration limits, which present a significant analytical challenge to the food industry to ensure compliance and demonstrate due diligence. Of the various analytical approaches, LC-MS/MS has proved to be an essential tool in monitoring migration of target compounds into foods, and more sophisticated approaches such as LC-high resolution MS (Orbitrap) are being increasingly used for untargeted analysis to monitor non-intentionally added substances. This podcast will provide an overview to this area, illustrated with various applications showing current approaches being employed.

A new dried spot-based technique involving untargeted liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry was testing for characterizing foodstuffs.

Analysis of VOCs is essential to maintain product consistency by detecting whether growing, refining, and production processes have an impact on the smell and taste of the product or whether a product has been tampered with.

This article explores the technological advancements in HPLC that enhance its role in analyzing PFAS in food, including innovations in column technology, detection systems, and sample preparation techniques.

This article describes the analytical challenges of chemical exposomics in food safety. The need for high-throughput, multi-platform approaches—such as LC–HRMS and GC–HRMS with IMS—to capture the full spectrum of potential contaminants in our food supply is emphasized.