Analysis Instruments for fats and oils: FoodLabFat

FoodLabFat Analyzer to control the quality of oils and fats

FoodLabFat is a analysis system that can be used to control the quality of oils and fats.

It enables to carry out a wide panel of analysis with a single system and in shorter time as compared to traditional methods:

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Thanks to its innovative features, it is the ideal solution to control the quality on production lines in real time. This is why it is used by several food industries worldwide that use oils and fats as ingredients.

For instance:

If employed for deep-fried food production lines, FoodLabFat enables to quickly check the quality of deep-frying oil simply and accurately.

If used in combination with CDR’s extraction system, FoodLab is particularly suitable to control the quality of raw materials or finished products in industries that produce, process and package Nuts and hard-shelled dry fruit.

Due to the small amount of sample required, it is very appreciated by producer of high price oils, like essential oils or cosmetics.

FoodlabFat is used to test fish and algae oils obtained by mechanical extraction, all type of vegetable oils, animal fats and oil for energetic use (burning oils or biodiesel).

Refined fat needs an accurate process control that FoodlabFat can assure thanks to special curves developed to work properly in a very low range of Peroxides and FFA.

A very quick sample treatment allows FoodlabFat to test samples like: flours, feeds, butter and margarine.

System

FoodLabFat is supplied with a 3 year warranty.

The analytical system includes:

A spectrophotometric analyzer with solid state emitters (LEDs) and reading and incubation cells thermostated at 37°C.
Kits of pre-vialed, disposable reagents with a low toxicity developed by the research laboratories of CDR and a 12-month shelf-life.
Pipettes to simplify the collection of the samples.
Print Manager: software that enables the connection of the analyser to the PC in order to store and print the results of the tests.
Operator’s manual and functional illustrated sheets.

Accessories

Extraction system: this innovative, practical and fast system enables to directly obtain a sufficient amount of oil to test its quality from the drupe or hard-shelled dry fruit, by means of a cold pressing process that does not involve the use of solvents. The leading companies that produce hard-shelled dry fruit or that use it as main ingredient have already chosen this method and left aside traditional testing methods that involve the use of toxic solvents (Soxhlet).

Simple methods

The analytical methods of FoodLab are much simpler and faster than traditional methods.
The low toxicity of the reagents eliminate the need of handling toxic or carcinogenic reagents.
There is no need to prepare samples or , at any rate, the operation is quick and simple.

Reliable Measuring Instrument

FoodLabFat has a very high accuracy and sensitivity. For example, it is able to determine very low acidity values (range 0.01 – 24 expressed in gr. as % of oleic acid) and low amounts of peroxides (range 0.1 - 550 mEqO2/Kg) with a minimum resolution of 0.01. Therefore, it is the ideal solution for food industries that employ refined oils.

University Studies Carried Out Using FoodLabFat

FoodLabFat has been used to determine the value of peroxides and anisidine (AnV). The results have been published in a study entitled "Stability of high oleic vegetable oils towards light exposure" carried out by the University of Hamburg and presented during the 7th edition of the Euro Fed Lipid Congress held Graz in October 2009.
FoodLabFat for the determination of p-anisidine was also used in a study entitled "Analyses of the oxidative stability of deep-frying oils" presented during the 6th edition of the Euro Fed Lipid Congress of 2008. Said study, carried out by the University of Hamburg, aimed at comparing the oxidative stability of traditional sunflower oil with high oleic sunflower oil used for deep-frying.

Analysis	N.tests	Code	Range
Free Fatty Acid (FFA)	10	*300128	0,01 – 3,5% ac. Oleico
Free Fatty Acid (FFA)	100	*300125	0,01 – 3,5% ac. Oleico
Peroxide Value (PV)	20	*300159	0,01 – 50 mEqO2/Kg
Peroxide Value (PV)	100	*300150	0,01 – 50 mEqO2/Kg
Soaps	10	*300179	5 – 1350 ppM
Soaps	100	*300175	5 – 1350 ppM
p-Anisidina Value	10	*300503	0,5 - 100 AnV
p-Anisidina Value	100	*300500	0,5 - 100 AnV
Iodine Value in Palm Oil	10	*300561	2 - 100 I.V.
Iodine Value in Palm Oil	100	*300560	2 - 100 I.V.
Polyphenols/oil stability index in olive oil	10	*300478	10 – 900 mg/Kg ac. gallico
Polyphenols/oil stability index in olive oil	100	*300475	10 – 900 mg/Kg ac. gallico

Technical Specifications

System: 6-channel photometer with temperature controlled at 37° C
Measurement: solid state opto-electronic devices
Photometric range: 0,0-2,3 Abs; (0,0-4,0 Abs) ampl
Outputs: 1 connection for host PC, 1 connection for sw update
Overall weight: 2,5 Kg
Overall dimensions: 315 mm x 190 mm x 165 mm
Power supply: 12V dc
Absorption: 1,4A max
Environmental operating conditions: the system and its accessories can be used at room temperatures ranging from 15° C to 35° C and with a relative humidity of 20% - 90% without condensation.

Reference Standards

EN 50081/1. Electromagnetic compatibility: emission – residential environments – light industry
EN 55022. A Measurement of radio disturbances on IT equipment
EN 50082/2 Radiated and induced electromagnetic disturbances
ENV 50140 Electromagnetic compatibility: immunity test in presence of radiated electromagnetic RM fields