CDR OxiTester: The System Designed to Perform Chemical Tests on Olive Oil
CDR OxiTester is the fast, simple and reliable system conceived to perform quality controls on olive oil directly at the mill. Technical Skilled staff are not required.
Thanks to CDR OxiTester, even non-qualified staff in the field of chemical assays can perform olive oil testing very easily and quickly, in any environment and with no need of a dedicated laboratory.
CDR OxiTester for Olive Oil can determine:
Free Fatty Acids (FFA) / Acidity in 1 minute
Peroxide Value in 4 minutes
Polyphenols / Oxidative Stability Index in 6 minutes
K 270 in 1 minute
Samples do not require to be prepared. The instrument does not require calibration. Reagents come in ready-to-use vials and operators avoid getting in touch with toxic or carcinogenic substances.
CDR OxiTester is a true testing laboratory, a self-contained and compact apparatus complete with everything needed to perform quality controls of your oil, autonomously, directly at the oil mill, in the oil processing plant or at the time of purchase.
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An analyzer based on photometric technology, available in the standard or Junior version, equipped with state-of-the-art LED emitters, reading cells (4) and 37°C thermostated incubation cells (12).
A kit of low toxicity, disposable reagents. Reagents are pre-vialed, in package of 10 tests, 1 year shelf life, developed and produced by the research laboratories of CDR.
Pipettes allow for the collection of the correct volume of sample.
The Help function will lead you through the process “Step by Step”.
A graphic printer will immediately print the test results.
How are tests on olive oil performed?
Performing chemical analyses on olive oil is simple and fast because no sample preparation is required. All reagents are supplied pre-vialed and ready to use, and operators do not have to handle toxic or carcinogenic compounds; there is no need to wash either containers or traditional glassware. With CDR OxiTester, results are yielded in just a few steps:
The result of the test is automatically calculated, displayed and printed in just a few minutes in its unit of measure.
Save your time
CDR OxiTester relies on analytical procedures and dedicated reagents specifically developed by the research laboratories of CDR that allow:
testing olive oil as is;
making analytical procedures extremely fast and easy;
removing all needs for complex calibration procedures.
avoiding the need to touch with toxic or carcinogenic substances
Moreover, CDR OxiTester allows accelerating quality control analytical procedures because it features:
thermostated incubation cells
multitasking mode
These features allow performing several analyses at the same time on the same sample or sixteen different assays for the same parameter on a batch of different samples.
CDR OxiTester Portable for oil quality control anywhere
CDR OxiTester Portable is composed of
CDR OxiTester Junior with lithium battery powered
Bluetooth printer
rigid carrying case
With CDR OxiTester Portable it is possible to carry out in a few minutes the analysis of FFA (acidity), peroxide value, polyphenols and stability index. Thanks to its lithium battery, with CDR OxiTester you can carry out the analysis for a whole day without plugging it in.
A reliable testing instrument employed by the University of Athens
In a study published in the Journal of AOAC International Vol. 91, No. 4, 2008, the photometric method exploited by CDR OxiTester to determine polyphenols/olive oil oxidative stability index was validated and compared with the Rancimat method. Said study was carried out by Minerva S.A. and N. Asteriadis S.A. in partnership with the University of Athens and gives evidence that the easy and fast CDR OxiTester method to assay polyphenols/stability index is a valid alternative to the Rancimat method. [More …]
The new Total Polyphenol (Biophenol) Test has been tuned to the reference method COI/T.20/Doc. no. 29: 2009
The new Total Polyphenol (Biophenol) Test used by CDR OxiTester has been tuned to the reference method COI/T.20/Doc. no. 29: 2009 by the Merceological Chemical Laboratory of Florence The total olive oil polyphenol assay results as obtained by the CDR OxiTester method are correlated with the reference method. [More …]
Extraction system: this innovative, practical and fast extraction system enables to obtain a sufficient quantity of oil to perform quality control tests directly from the drupe or hard-shelled dried fruit via cold pressure, abandoning the use of solvents.
Test type
Number of tests
Code
Measuring Range
Free Fatty Acids
100
*300125/A
0 -3,5 % oleic acid
10
*300128/A
Peroxides
100
*300150/A
0,3 – 50 mEqO2/Kg
20
*300159/A
Polyphenols Antioxidant Activity – Stability Index
With the CDR system, you can perform your tests in total autonomy
Neither skilled staff nor a dedicated external laboratory is needed to use our systems. CDR FoodLab® optimizes
traditional testing methods, making them faster and easier, while guaranteeing accuracy standards in line with
the reference methods.
Analytical kit
CDR FoodLab® Analysis Systems use disposable pre-vialed reagents specifically developed by the research
laboratories of CDR. The use of pre-vialed reagents and the analytical procedures allow:
a sample preparation that is quick and easy, when needed at all;
making analytical procedures extremely fast and easy;
removing all needs for complex calibration procedures.
Reagents come in aluminum packages containing 10 test tubes each to perform 10 tests (or packages for 100
tests containing 10 single packages of 10 test tubes each).
Just a few steps and results are yielded right away
Just a few steps will suffice to carry out your analysis in a rapid way in total autonomy. The system is composed
of both the analyzer based on photometric technology and a kit of low toxicity, pre-vialed reagents, developed by
CDR.
CDR FoodLab® is cost-effective because it does not require the use of expensive equipment and does not
entail maintenance, assistance or calibration costs. Find out how it works
CDR OXITESTER
CDR OXITESTER JUNIOR
CDR OXITESTER PORTABLE
