Food Quality & Safety Testing for Feeding a Growing Population
Over a quarter of global food crops are contaminated with mycotoxins, and 5.6 billion pounds of pesticides are used worldwide. Our food solutions help ensure the safety, quality and authenticity of food across the entire supply chain. Our testing solutions enable huge volumes of exports and imports to be screened for pesticides, mycotoxins, contaminants and adulterants, while our technologies help farmers improve grain quality and minimize waste. Our microfluidics help biotechs develop hardier seeds to increase crop yield. And our data analytics provide agribusinesses and world food organizations with insights needed to develop better protocols. With an estimated 60% more food needed to feed the global population in 2050, we are working with our customers to keep up with demand, while helping keep our food supply safe.
Detect and measure levels of heavy metals that may cause cancer, neurological issues and cardiovascular disease when consumed. We offer standard methods to:
Our proven ICP-OES and ICP-MS instrumentation for heavy metal detection and analysis eliminates interferences between elements, allowing scientists to process more samples with greater speed while meeting regulated detection levels.
For accurate analysis of the nutritional content in food products and compliance with labeling regulations, food producers around the world turn to analytical solutions from PerkinElmer and Perten (a PerkinElmer company). Both organic components (such as protein) and inorganic components (such as iron and calcium) can be rapidly measured with our instrumentation. The extended dynamic range capabilities of our category-leading inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers (ICP-MS) — providing nine orders of magnitude — are ideal for measuring macro-level nutritional elements such as Mg, K, and Na.
Mycotoxins, such as aflatoxins, in food are extremely harmful to both humans and animals. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), like PAHs and dioxins, may contaminate the food supply through intentional and inadvertent chemical production. Once they enter the environment, these chemicals are known to contaminate food products through air or water. To ensure food safety you need to effectively test for these dangerous toxins.
For accurate analysis of the nutritional content in food products and compliance with labeling regulations, food producers around the world turn to analytical solutions from PerkinElmer and Perten (a PerkinElmer company).
Both organic components (such as protein) and inorganic components (such as iron and calcium) can be rapidly measured with our instrumentation. The extended dynamic range capabilities of our category-leading inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers (ICP-MS) — providing nine orders of magnitude — are ideal for measuring macro-level nutritional elements such as Mg, K, and Na.
Our instruments help food companies ensure that ingredients meet Certificate of Analysis (COA) specifications, guaranteeing proper consistency and nutritional levels. They also support the confirmation of food label claims, making sure that the nutritional content in the food matches what is stated on the product label. Applications span a wide range from infant formula to highly-processed food products.
With precision measurement capability and rapid turnaround speeds, our analytical solutions are the preferred option for obtaining the nutritional information required in the food industry.
Pesticides contaminate many foods – especially fruits and vegetables – during the growing season through soil, water, and air indirectly or directly. With residual levels regulated for human health and safety, short analytical turnaround times are critical to providing the necessary information required to make rapid decisions about food safely. For rapid screening of food matrices to detect the presence of pesticides residues, our chromatographic technologies are trusted throughout the industry.
