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Gas chromatography in food testing

Gas Chromatography (GC) in Food Testing

Better GC for the most critical applications

We offer industry-leading chromatographic solutions to help ensure the quality and safety of food supplies around the world. GC for food quality applications helps food processors to characterize flavor and fragrance profile of finished goods to meet consumers demands. For food safety, we enable the detection of harmful contaminants and pesticides to help ensure compliance with global regulations to protect human health.

Clarus 590 gas chromatography system

Clarus 590 GC

  • A flexible, rugged instrument for laboratories performing a large number of routine analyses as well as research and development applications;
  • Fully automated GC system that delivers capabilities that enable high performance, greater flexibility and stability;
  • Clarus 590 GC is easy to operate and provides reliable and efficient performance day after day

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Clarus 690 gas chromatography system

Clarus 690 GC

  • Designed for fast-paced, high-volume laboratories that need to increase analytical cycle times, the Clarus 690 GC provides superior sensitivity, capacity, and throughput;
  • Patented high-performance oven delivers the fastest heat-up and cool-down of any oven in the market, and that means shorter injection-to-injection times, and the ability to run more samples per day;
  • Wide-range flame ionization detector (FID), a new high-performance capillary injector with decreased reactivity, and autosampler technology that delivers multiple options for liquid injection, headspace, and SPME on one system.

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TurboMatrix

Engineered to deliver unparalleled precision, sensitivity and productivity in a broad range of applications, including aroma and flavors characterization, detection of residual solvents from packaging materials and preservatives and the evaluation of fermentation characteristics of samples such as beer and wine, TurboMatrix™ Headspace (HS) and Headspace Trap Samplers are the clear choice for food processors seeking outstanding throughput and precision to ensure the purity and quality of their products.

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TotalChrom®

Our TotalChrom™ chromatography data system is designed from the ground up to fit your workflow and maximize your lab’s productivity, enabling you to acquire, process, report, review, and approve data, all in streamlined series of operations.

  • GC in Food Testing - Related Content

GC in Food Testing - Related Content

Coffee Characterization Using Clarus SQ 8 GC/MS, TurboMatrix HS Trap and GC SNFR Olfactory Port

Coffee Characterization Using Clarus SQ 8 GC/MS, TurboMatrix HS Trap and GC SNFR Olfactory Port

Ensuring the quality and consistency of coffee is vitally important, as it is one of the world’s most consumed beverages. The taste of a cup of coffee depends upon a number of factors, including the coffee bean utilized, as well as the roasting, grounding and brewing process. In this application not ...

Quantification of Rice Aroma

This application note describes the automated HS-GC/NPD technique applied to the analysis of various type of rice samples. This method was successful for the determination of a key aroma compound, 2AP, in rice sample with different varieties. The method showed in this study is rapid, convenient and ...

A Method for the Quantification of Ethanol Content in Consumable Fruit Juices by Headspace Injection

A new application has been developed in the accurate determination of ethanol content in samples of these products utilizing the PerkinElmer® TurboMatrix™ headspace (HS) autosampler for better reproducible results. Additionally, since ethanol is the only desired peak, this method allows for a quick ...