Optical sensor enables 100 percent quality control of ultra-thin barrier layers

30-May-2024 - A new type of sensor makes it possible for the first time to test functional barrier layers on plastic products at production speed. The Film-Inspect testing system was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM in cooperation with plasma system specialist ...

Analyzing isotopes for nitrate in sake for combating beverage fraud in Japan

Researchers analyze oxygen and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in nitrate to authenticate the source of sake

19-Apr-2024 - The demand for sake—a Japanese alcoholic drink—has increased globally. However, the rise in the popularity of sake has thepotential forrelated beverage fraud. To address this issue, researchers from Japan identified a novel method to authenticate the source of and differentiate between ...

Riesling wines: Human odorant receptor for characteristic petrol note identified for the first time

18-Apr-2024 - Climate change does not stop at grapevines. Too much sun means that the bouquet of German Riesling wines becomes dominated by a petrol note (some) customers do not appreciate. A research team from the Leibniz Institute forFoodSystems Biology at the Technical University of Munich has now ...

What four decades of canned salmon reveal about marine food webs

09-Apr-2024 - Alaskan waters are a critical fishery for salmon. Complex marinefoodwebs underlie and sustain this fishery, and scientists want to know how climate change is reshaping them. But finding samples from the past isn’t easy. “We have to really open our minds and get creative about what can act as an ...

University of Tartu to help Nõo Meat Factory use artificial intelligence in production

08-Mar-2024 - The cooperation project between the NõoMeatFactory and the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Tartu was selected in the AI & Robotics Estonia (AIRE) partner network. Together, possibilities for using artificial intelligence to perform quality control on the production line will ...

Fish and seafood - improved trace detection of life-threatening allergy sources

"AQUALLERG-ID": Researchers develop methods for detecting potential food allergens

01-Nov-2023 - It is estimated that 1 to 2.5 percent of the adult population suffers from an allergy to fish and seafood, which is one of the most common triggers of life-threatening reactions (13 to 29 percent). These individuals are also more likely to allergic reactions when consuming insects. This is due to ...

analytica: Significant upswing in international spin-offs

Country-specific challenges

26-Sep-2023 - The five international analytica trade fairs that make up the international cluster of the world’s leading trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology registered some significant increase in visitors and exhibitors this year. With the successful local spin-offs in China, ...

Hydrogen technology to curtail greenhouse gases from food, beverage industry

20-Jul-2023 - Engineers and scientists atWest Virginia Universityare developing an advanced hydrogen flexible boiler to help decarbonize the food and beverage industry and eventually eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. The technology, proposed byHailin Li,professor in theDepartment of Mechanical and ...

LED freshness detection for fruit

Perovskite-modified LEDs indicate food spoilage

14-Jul-2023 - A research team has produced light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit light in two wavelength ranges simultaneously and can be used for simplified fruit freshness monitoring. As the researchers write in the journal Angewandte Chemie, modification with perovskite materials caused the LEDs to also ...

Quality testing of raw cocoa with AI

23-May-2023 - Rausch GmbH, a renowned manufacturer of chocolate, and QVISIONS GmbH, a Berlin-based start-up, have announced a cooperation for the digital quality inspection of raw cocoa. This will involve the use of AI-powered software that uses imagery to record the quality of raw cocoa and digitize the ...