Food safety is currently a demand of today's consumers as well as an imperative to open new markets. From the laboratory services of PCTAD we can help you to comply these requirements and carry out shelf life studies which are of great use in food and agricultural products. Moreover, this laboratory has the necessary equipment to carry out the cereal-specific quality analysis.
General equipment
- High-performance liquid chromatography with triple quadruple mass spectometer (UPLC-TQD). Waters, ACQUITY
- ICP Optic Emission Spectrophotometer. Horiba Yobin ibon model Activa M
- High-performance liquid chromatography system (UPLC) with fluorescence Detector detectors (FLD), Diode detectors (PDA), Refractive Index Detector (IR). Waters.
- Gas chromatography with flame-ionization detector and automatic injection system (GC//FID). Agilent, Model FID 7890A
- Climatic chambers KBF 240 (Binder)
- Photochem (Inycom)
- Microwaves (ETHOS)
- Labmaster-aw measuring device, Novasina
- Additional equipment to prepare samples and for conservation: Analytical balances, centrifuges, pH meters, refrigerators...
Specific equipment SACC
- Sample cleaner and separator
- Automatic equipment to determine wet gluten, dry gluten and gluten index.
- Electronic seed counter, for weight test of 1000 grains.
- Wheat / flour homogenizer
- Chopin alveograph with alveolink
- NIR analyser for protein, humidity, gluten, Zeleny, water absorption, starch, hardness, fat, etc.
- Experimental Chopin and Perten mills
- Chopin alveograph
- Automatic determination of falling number
- Grobecker grain cutter
- Laboratory mill