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Metrohm AG News
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QC of infant food - robust & efficient analysis of nutrients, additives, and contaminants
Infant formulas and baby food must meet clearly defined nutritional requirements and quality standards. In a free webinar hosted by New Food on May 4, 2022, Dr. Elke Suess from Metrohm AG (IC) presents ion chromatography (IC) as a robust and ...
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Simplified analysis of total sulfite in foodstuffs
Determination of total sulfite in liquid and solid foodstuffs is a critical, yet challenging application. A free Metrohm white paper presents 2 improved methods for simplified sulfite analysis using ion chromatographic separation followed by ...
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How the Rancimat method helps producers of natural oils qualify the value of their product
The value of natural cosmetic products depends on the quality of the ingredients. Among the basic ingredients of many natural cosmetic products are high quality oils derived from oil seeds or nuts. A free white paper investigates how a parameter ...
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Shrimp farming in Switzerland
Unlike cheese and chocolate manufacturing, shrimp farming is not commonly associated with Switzerland. Yet, Europe’s largest shrimp farm is located in Rheinfelden, Switzerland. There, SwissShrimp AG uses the enormous amount of waste heat ...
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Total Sodium in Foodstuffs – New Video Explains the Better Determination Method
A commonly used method for quantifying sodium in foodstuffs is to determine chloride and subsequently deduce the sodium concentration from the 1:1 stoichiometry of sodium chloride. This method involves errors because sodium is not only present ...
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New, reliable and affordable method for glyphosate analysis presented
Metrohm is pleased to present an application for the straightforward determination of the herbicide glyphosate and its primary metabolite AMPA in drinking water by ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection. With a detection limit of ...
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Rancimat Method Used to Investigate Antioxidant and Antitumor Activities of Alkyl Caffeates in Edible Oils
In a recent research study, Wang et al. investigated the antioxidant activity, antitumor property, and oxidation stability of edible oil with added alkyl caffeates. In order to evaluate the induction period of different edible oils (canola oil, ...
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Carbohydrate analysis in essential and non-essential foodstuffs
Due to their importance as macronutrients, the determination of carbohydrates or saccharides is of great interest in food analysis. Metrohm has developed a straightforward ion chromatographic method using isocratic elution and pulsed amperometric ...