AGRI-FOOD NUTRITION
The agri-food department has the skills and tools to be the local partner of choice for companies in the sector of foodstuffs and animal feed. CELABOR offers you a custom range for the characterisation of your products, in-depth analysis of nutrients or contaminants, and full assistance with your research and development projects, such as for example the implementation of new products meeting specific nutritional claims.
Alongside its spectrum of tests and its high performing equipment, the agri-food department has its own technological extraction platform, notably equipped with an anti-explosive ATEX room.
Analyses and Expertise
- Calorific value
- Proteins
- Carbohydrates, including :
- Sugars (sucrose, glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose)
- Polyols (sorbitol, maltitol, xylitol)
- Fat, including saturated fatty acids (mono and polyunsaturated)
- Dietary fibre
- Sodium
- Alcohol
- Vitamins A and E
- Trace elements
- Mycotoxins (aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2; patulin)
- Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, As, Hg and most elements of the periodic table)
- …
- Preservatives
- Intense sweeteners and polyols
- nitrites/nitrates
- chlorides
- …
- Determination of the composition of triglycerides, diglycerides and monoglycerides by HPLC with ELSD detection
- Determination of the composition of fatty acids (including ω3) by GC FID
- Analysis of sterols
- ORAC, FRAP, DPPH…
- Total measurements of polyphenols (Folin) and flavonoids (AlCl3) by UV-visible spectroscopy
- Measurement of specific polyphenolic markers (UPLC-MS-MS)
- Measurement of an induction time relative to oxidation of a fatty body by Rancimat testing
Private Development and Research
- Development of products with nutritional claims (e.g. “no added sugar”, “rich in fibre”, “source of omega 3”, etc.)
- Selection of new raw materials
- Knowledge of legislation
- Production tests at laboratory scale
- Nutritional and sensory analyses
- Improvement in the stability of existing recipes: taste, colour, smell, viscosity, stability of phases, accelerated ageing tests, etc…
- Increase in the shelf life of foods
- Addition of preserving agents: natural, enzyme, humectant, etc…
- Optimisation of packaging conditions in synergy with the packaging department
- Développement de méthodes d’analyses spécifiques
Latest equipment
- ICP/MS (plasma torch coupled with a mass detector)
- HPLC with UV/visible detection; fluorescence; ELSD (“Evaporative Light Scattering Detector”)
- GC/MS with headspace injection (gas chromatography coupled with a mass detector); GC/FID
- UPLC/MS Triple Quad (“Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography” coupled with a mass detector)
- Ion chromatography
Assistance to SMEs
Thanks to its status of Approved Research Centre, CELABOR is the ideal scientific partner for SMEs. In fact, by working with a centre such as CELABOR, SMEs access subsidies for major innovations (technological and other grants). Furthermore, beyond the technical issues CELABOR offers support with the administrative side of applications.
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