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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Testing halal food is vital to prevent adulteration. Discover Shimadzu's analytical solutions to ensure halal products' integrity.
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.
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.
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.
Enhance your food testing laboratories – This book offers a complete compilation of related applications for food analysis and data integrity solutions.
Technology Briefs
Discover a simple and fast analytical method to quantify anionic pesticides in fruits without derivatization.
Learn about the analysis of saccharides using GCMS, which is essential for honey authentication and investigating adulteration of sugar.
Learn about the analysis of triglycerides using GCMS, which is essential for the authentication of regular sunflower oil and coconut oil.
Learn about targeted qualitative analysis using LC-MS/MS for putative identification of tea leaves in Yerba mate.
Learn about analyzing pesticides in food products using QuEChERs and automated SPE with GCMS.
Learn about Data Independent Acquisition (DIA) workflow using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS) in metabolomics.
Evaluation of Shimadzu GC/MS data compatibility with deconvolution software using the natural herb as sample analysis.
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.