Food and Beverage Analysis

Non-alcoholic beers are becoming more popular and need to reflect the sophisticated flavourings of beers that are brewed containing alcohol. Sophisticated analytical techniques can help to achieve this.

A new study details the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s recent expansion to 30 analytes, from a previous 16, in the method for determining per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the US food supply, which, in turn, may mean that additional analytes may still yet be identified (1).

The author describes the benefits of using high-capacity sorptive extraction and statistical analysis to detect authenticity markers and combat food fraud in honey samples.

A collaborative multi-analyte method developed utilizes HPLC and UHPLC to analyze more than 70 active ingredients. This method offers a validated approach for determining technical AI alongside linearity, precision, accuracy, and specificity tests for seven active ingredients.

Webinar Date/Time: Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 Morning Session: 12:30pm GMT | 1:30pm CET | 7:30am EST Afternoon Session: 2:50pm GMT | 3:50pm CET | 9:50a

FDA scientists have expanded the number of analytes in their analytical method for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), partly in response to updated guidance out of the European Union (EU) on method parameters and limits of quantification (LOQs).

At this year’s AOAC International Annual Meeting, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, nearly 700 analytical scientists were honored in an awards ceremony.

LCGC spoke to Hans-Gerd Janssen from the Unilever Foods Innovation Centre in The Netherlands about the advantages of a novel, rapid method to analyze antioxidants that inhibit oxidation.

Scientists used supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) and ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC)—both coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS)—to analyze various types of chlorinated paraffins (CPs) in fish oil-based dietary supplements.

Professor Kieran N. Kilcawley of Teagasc Food Research Centre and of University College Cork and his colleagues are using gas chromatographic (GC) techniques to explore how to analyze the quality and taste of Irish whiskeys through congener profiles.

Scientists based out of Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Hangzhou, China, recently used a new QuEChERS method for analyzing pesticides in fruit samples.

Webinar Date/Time: Tue, Oct 3, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

A new method of extracting and analyzing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from water and fish samples has been created.

The 27th International Symposium on Separation Sciences (ISSS 2023) will be held 24–27 September 2023 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Here’s a sneak preview of what attendees can look forwards to.

Matrix interferences can impact routine analysis with triple quadrupole methods for monitoring and quantifying PFAS in food.

Webinar Date/Time: Tue, Sep 19, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

Orange Photonics said the agency will use its LightLab 3 as part of a broader effort to regulate and test the safety of food-related cannabis products.

What critical components can help to resolve the separation challenges related to pesticides analysis in food?

In his keynote lecture at HPLC 2023, Alejandro Cifuentes from the Laboratory of Foodomics, Institute of Food Science Research, CIAL, CSIC in Madrid, Spain, highlighted the promising application of foodomics in addressing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) (1).

The level of uncertainty provided by most forensic laboratories for reported blood alcohol results has been woefully underassessed. Not only is this bad science, but someone’s civil liberties may be at stake.

Forensic laboratories need to revise their procedures for uncertainty assessment in blood alcohol determinations. We explain why.

Giorgia Purcaro of the University of Liège discusses the advantages offered by the liquid chromatography–comprehensive multidimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometer/flame ionization detector (LC–GCxGC–TOF-MS/FID) method in the analysis of mineral oil.

Scientists at NACRW discussed using CE–MS to analyze highly polar agrochemicals.

Webinar Date/Time: Tue, Aug 22, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

A separation science team has developed a green and cost-effective method, called feather fiber-supported liquid extraction (FF-SLE), for determining synthetic antioxidants in edible oils.

Researchers have developed an ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC)—tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) method for the simultaneous determination of 10 aminoglycoside antibiotics in aquatic products.

This blog addresses the essential role software has in shaping the present and future of chromatography for the better.

In Alejandro Cifuentes's keynote lecture at HPLC 2023, he discussed the research he and his team have done to explore how foodomics can be effective in combating Alzheimer's disease.

At HPLC 2023, Paola Dugo held a lecture on how combining two-dimensional liquid chromatography (LC×LC) with mass spectrometry (MS) can help scientists analyze food samples.

Applying headspace-SIFT-MS to untargeted screening of food products and ingredients.