Food

The food industry is one of the global economy's largest sectors, including agriculture, manufacturing, production, processing, research and development, retail, and more. It has a worldwide impact and influences a variety of other industries. Moreover, food is an essential part of our lives. As the food industry continues to develop, the latest food trends have evolved to cater to different demands and needs worldwide. Above all, food safety and quality remain critically important, for which Shimadzu has comprehensive solutions. 

With a wide range of products, Shimadzu offers total solutions for food safety and quality, from the identification of contaminants to food additives analysis and halal testing. Our products offered include High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LCMS), Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS), Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy, Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (ED-XRF) Spectrometer, Universal Testing Machine, and more. Learn more about the applications through the resources below

Application Solutions

Essential Insights Into Food Safety

Safe Food Saves Lives. On World Food Safety Day, explore Shimadzu's solutions to address pressing food safety concerns, from dioxin analysis to marine toxins and heavy metals. 

 

Texture Evaluation Of Plant-Based Meat

EZ test, equipped with multi-piercing jig, can objectively evaluate samples containing small food fragments of irregular sizes. This enables reliable and consistent results, which is crucial for data-driven food development.

 

EZ Test - Creating Culinary Science

In addition to sensory testing in food, EZ Test offers an objective way to evaluate the food texture, which is useful in food development and quality control applications.

 

Analysis Solutions to Fight Food Fraud

Counterfeit foods can compromise global food safety and erode public trust. It's high time we take control of the food we eat. Learn about our food fraud solutions here.

 

Addressing the Emerging Food Safety Concern

Ethylene Oxide (EtO) in food is a fast-rising concern. Learn how Shimadzu's Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS) can provide a straightforward workflow solution, using sesame seeds as an example.

 

Solutions For Analyzing Ethylene Oxide & 2-Chloroethanol

To support food safety, Shimadzu offers fast, reliable, and straightforward ethylene oxide analysis solutions in various foods such as oil seeds, ayurveda & herbal, spices, and processed foods.

 

Shimadzu's LCMS Solutions For Honey Analysis

Bee honey is highly valued for its health benefits, and honey analysis is essential to investigate honey adulteration and ensure the quality of food products.

 

Analyzing Plant-Based Meat: Development of Convincing Meat Texture

It's not just the taste and aroma that can define the quality of plant-based meat. Material testing for texture analysis is also necessary to develop convincing alternative meat.

 

Analytical Solutions for Halal Authentication

Testing halal food is vital to prevent adulteration. Discover Shimadzu's analytical solutions to ensure halal products' integrity.

 

Shimadzu's Solutions For Food Safety

Shimadzu provides total support for food safety. Learn about the latest technologies in food testing, such as identifying and quantifying the known or unknown compounds in food and beverages.

 

Total Solutions for Food Development

Learn about food development to meet the food industry's current demands and future trends. It's time to ensure affordable, fresh, safe and high-quality food for all.

 

Simplify Your EO & 2-CE Analysis with HS Trap-GCMS

The presence of ethylene oxide in food is a hot topic of concern. Learn how Shimadzu offers ultra-fast GCMS analysis to ensure safety and quality in food. 

 

Total Solutions for Food Analysis and Data Integrity

Enhance your food testing laboratories – This book offers a complete compilation of related applications for food analysis and data integrity solutions.

 

Technology Briefs

Determination Of 4 Banned Substances In Weight-Loss Food By GC-MS

Learn about Shimadzu's straightforward, robust workflow using single quadrupole GCMS-QP2020 NX to detect four banned substances, including sibutramine, in weight-loss foods. 

 

Automation Of FAME Derivatization For Fatty Acid Profiling In Various Edible Oils Using AOC-6000 Plus

In this Technology Brief, we present a solution utilizing AOC-6000 Plus, which fully automates the sample preparation steps.

 

Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Foods For Safety and Quality

Discover a simple and fast analytical method to quantify anionic pesticides in fruits without derivatization.

 

Sample Prep-Free Analysis of Saccharides Mixtures with “Smart IS+” and “SMCI+”

Learn about the analysis of saccharides using GCMS, which is essential for honey authentication and investigating adulteration of sugar.

 

Sample Prep-Free Analysis of Triglycerides and Fatty Acids with “Smart IS+”and “SMCI+”

Learn about the analysis of triglycerides using GCMS, which is essential for the authentication of regular sunflower oil and coconut oil.

 

Putative Identification of Compounds in Tea Leaves with LC-MS/MS

Learn about targeted qualitative analysis using LC-MS/MS for putative identification of tea leaves in Yerba mate.

 

Multi-Residue Pesticides Analysis with QuEChERs and automated µSPE

Learn about analyzing pesticides in food products using QuEChERs and automated SPE with GCMS.

 

HRMS DIA Workflow for Combined Targeted and Untargeted Metabolomics

Learn about Data Independent Acquisition (DIA) workflow using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS) in metabolomics.

 

Shimadzu GC/MS Data Compatibility with Next-Generation Deconvolution Software

Evaluation of Shimadzu GC/MS data compatibility with deconvolution software using the natural herb as sample analysis.

 

Analysis of Ethylene Oxide in Ramen (Instant Noodle) by GC-MS/MS

Learn about the analysis of ethylene oxide in food such as ramen (instant noodle) using GC-MS/MS to address the hot topic of concern in food safety.