Accelerating Routine Food & Beverage Testing with Optimized Methods

Welcome to DAY 1 of the Waters Food Testing Forum 2022

Explore the latest technology and methodology solutions to help you more easily and efficiently deliver results for routine QC testing.

• Discover new tools and solutions for routine food & beverage testing

• Learn how you can improve your analytical workflows 

• Panel discussion and Q&A chat box to answer your specific questions 

• Obtain valuable resources to show the practical application of Waters solutions, including application notes, case studies, and whitepapers.

AGENDA:

Session 1 (30 min): Profiling and Quantifying Organic Acids in Beverages

• Dimple Shah and Jinchuan Yang (Waters)

Organic acids can be naturally occurring or are added to beverages as acidulants, flavorings, and preservatives. The analysis of organic acids is a useful test to ensure the quality, authenticity, and composition of food and beverage products. Developing test methods for organic acids can be a challenging task given the difficulty of separating multiple, naturally occurring organic acids that can be present in samples.

In this talk you will learn how Waters separation technologies can provide greater retention and improved selectivity for this analysis, allowing for improved detection and reducing the method impact from co-eluting compounds from the sample matrix.

Session 2 (30 min): Developing Efficient Methodologies for Sugar Substitute Analysis

• Jinchuan Yang and Kim Van Tran (Waters)

Sugar taxes and consumer demand for sugar-free versions of popular beverage brands have seen a continued increase in the development of diet and zero sugar products. Analyzing sugar substitutes and other ingredients in food and beverages is an important assay to ensure a product is within specification. The concentration and combination of different sweeteners in beverages are key to a product’s characteristic flavor and need to be consistent wherever the product is manufactured.

In this talk, we will explore how Waters separation technologies can support the development of efficient methodologies for the routine analysis of sugar substitutes such as natural and artificial sweeteners.

Product Highlight (10 min): Waters presents a short video highlighting the Andrew+ Pipetting Robot. Add automation to streamline sample preparation.

Panel Discussion (30 min): How does the food industry contribute to the development of standardized analytical methods?

• Dr. Xinping Hou (Analytical Service Manager SEA, BV-AQ Singapore)
• Erik J.M. Konings Ph.D. (Program Manager, Nestle Institute of Food Safety and Analytical Sciences)
• Darryl Sullivan (Chief Scientific Officer, Eurofins Scientific)