GERSTEL Food/Flavor/Fragrance/Off-Odors

When it comes to determining what is in food, flavors, beverages, fragrances or personal care products, a laboratory must have dependable analytical tools and capabilities.

Food toxins, environmental pollutants in food, flavor interaction, compound adulteration, odor threshold…. what do all these things have in common? The need for analytical precision, dynamic range, and sensitivity. GERSTEL is a recognized expert in these areas.

One of the most timely aplications developed by GERSTEL is the determination of PAHs in fish and oyster tissue, with detection limits well below the required 30 ppb range (<1 ppb). This was accomplished by using GERSTEL Twister technology, which was recently found by EPA Region 7 to provide equivalent results with lower detection limits for PAHs in aqueous environmental samples.

For furthur information please take a moment to browse our Application Notes. Our expertise in sample preparation and in LC/MS and GC/MS analysis makes GERSTEL the obvious source of solutions for scientists working in the FFF industry as well as in the field of health and food safety. From the simple application focused on productivity through automation, to the more complex techniques with complete sample preparation, analyte concentration and matrix elimination, GERSTEL is the source for all your needs.

Increased Sample Handling - Productivity

The GERSTEL MultiPurpose Sampler (MPS) is specifically designed for modularity to meet the demand for high throughput and to enable upgrades necessary for new challenges in the analytical laboratory.

The GERSTEL ChemSensor and specialized software applications including Ion Signature Technology deconvolution software offer efficient help for laboratories looking for minor components in complex matrices.

Specialized Techniques for Food, Flavor, Fragrance and Odors

GERSTEL offers a range of tools and techniques that are designed to meet the needs of our large customer base in the FFF industry - and in the related field of health and food safety laboratories.

• Automated Solid Phase Extraction SPE for food toxins, veterinary drug residues and pesticides
• Automated Disposable Pipette Extraction DPX for the extraction of pesticides and drug residues
• Automated SPME with GERSTEL unique MultiFiber Exchanger MFX
• Buchi-GERSTEL Fat Analyzer for the determination of fats and fatty acid profiles in foods
• Automated Liner EXchange ALEX for high throughput pesticide analysis following the QuEChERS method
• Liquid Handling and Sample Preparation
• Thermal Desorption and Thermal Extraction for flavors, fragrances and off odors
• Dynamic Headspace DHS for the determination of oxidation products in oils and fats
• Olfactory Detection Port (ODP) with voice recognition software, intensity indication and automated peak annotation
• Preparative Fraction Collector PFC for the purification of compounds or compound groups
• MultiColumn System for multidimensional GC separations using one or more detectors including MSD