Innovative at-line quality control methods in Food & Beverage industry

Bellassai SimoneCDR FOODLAB division manager

CDR srl, Florence

CDR conducts its business in heterogeneous sectors.

CDR, a “workshop” of ideas and continuous innovation

• Milk and Dairy Products• Egg Products • Vegetable purees

• Wine• Beer and Water• Cider

• Seed Oil• Palm Oil• Olive Oil • Fryng Oil• Animal and Vegetable Fat• Nuts / hard-shelled fruits

FOOD DIAGNOSTICS

The CDR system

The analyser The reagents

• LEDs wave lengths (ABS range 0 – 6.0)• Free of maintenance• Auto-check calibration system• Multiple or multitasking mode

• Pre-filled cuvettes• Reagents pre-calibrated• Ready to use

Calibration of the reagents

CDR, a “workshop” of ideas and continuous innovation

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Correlation parameters setted in the analyser

• Acidity – FFA (free fatty acid)

• Peroxide value - PV

• p-Anisidine value - AnV

• Iodine value – IV (only on Palm Oil)

• Total Polyphenols (Biophenols) (only on Olive Oil)

•Soaps

APPLICATIONS

Analyses on oils & fats

APPLICATIONS

• We can analyse crude or refined oil as is.

• In case of solid fat, melt it before testing is

sufficient

APPLICATIONS

Deep Fried products• Chips or other fried food

Analyses on frying oil during the process At-line quality control

Analyses on fried product Shelf-life quality control

APPLICATIONS

Deep Fried productsAnalyses on fried product

Shelf-life quality control

NOT Soxhlet required

APPLICATIONS

Fish Oil• Functional Food / Nutraceutical

Very important test:

AnV - Anisidine Value

APPLICATIONS

Customers

Oil producers, processors and users

Bottlers/PackersOil mills / seeds processors

Oil refineriesFood and feed manufacturers

Nuts / hard shell fruit producers, processors and packers

APPLICATIONS

Analyses on milk and cheese

Milk and Dairy Products

• L-Lactic acid

• Ammonia

• Lactose

• Urea

• Chloride

• Alkaline Phosphatase

• ε-fructosyl-lysine / furosine

• Peroxidase / Sieroproteine

• Hydrogen Peroxide

We can analyze milk as is, no pretreatment required.Low quantity of cheese is needed for the pretreatment before to

analyze the solution.

APPLICATIONSMilk and Dairy Products

APPLICATIONS

LACTOSE In low content or lactose

free products

Detection limit 0.01%

Lait et produits laitiers

SOFTWARELEDs with a specific software to to adjust the absorbance reading

ReagentSpecific way to remove the interference of the other sugars in the sample

APPLICATIONSMilk and Dairy Products

Customers

• Dairy companiesCheese factories

Milk factories

Milk processors

• Breeders • Veterinaries • Feed producers

UREA - MUN

• L-Lactic acid • Ammonia• Lactose•Chloride• Alkaline Phosphatase• ε-fructosyl-lysine / furosine• Peroxidase / Sieroproteine• Hydrogen Peroxide

APPLICATIONS

Analyses on liquid and powder eggs

Egg products

• L-Lactic acid

• D-3-hydroxybutyric acid

• Colour of the egg (β-carotene)

APPLICATIONSEgg products

Optimization of enzymatic test

CDR FoodLab simplifies andspeeds up the traditional procedures,allowing to analyze L-lactic Acid, D-3-hydroxy-butyric Acid and beta-carotene(Colour) in rapid times: about 10 minutesfor the sample preparation and fewminutes for the analysis.

APPLICATIONSEgg products

• Egg producers and processors

• Food companies that use egg products

as: bakery, biscuits, cakes etc.

Customers

CDR NEW FRONTIERSGold and silver nanoparticles

GOLD SILVER

TYPICAL SPECTRAL BEHAVIOR OF SPHERICAL NPs

≈ 400 nm

≈ 530 nm

CDR NEW FRONTIERSGold and silver nanoparticles

Light source

Spectrometer

Unmodifiedcuvette

Cuvette modified with polymer

Gold nanoparticles in situ synthesis

Gold nanoparticles in situ synthesisA)

B)

LSPR sensors

CDR NEW FRONTIERSGold and silver nanoparticles

CDR srl – Florence – Italy www.cdrfoodlab.com

Thanks for your attention

Bellassai SimoneCDR FOODLAB division manager

CDR srl, Florence