Food info kit

Resources and workflows for food safety and quality testing

Food testing encompasses a wide variety of techniques and presents challenges at all stages, from new product development to quality control. Safety is the most important concern for both consumers and producers, and ensuring that products are both safe and compliant with the strict concentration limits defined by local and global regulations requires sensitive instrumentation. In addition, authenticity is gaining in importance as consumers demand increased confidence in the origin and integrity of products, which requires accurate, enhanced profiling analysis capabilities.

SCIEX is a global leader in LC-MS/MS-based solutions for food testing, with sensitive and robust instrumentation that is relied on in routine food labs across the world. In this info kit, we have compiled the most useful content created by SCIEX and its collaborators to help food scientists gain confidence in reporting the right result every time.

Topics include:

• Food testing: Each of the last few years, we have compiled our most relevant applications and technical notes for food safety and research into a single compendium to provide scientists with a useful resource for method development.


• Novel applications: SCIEX frequently works with collaborators to make the latest technology available as quickly as possible to researchers who are pushing the boundaries of routine testing.


• Enhancing workflows and increasing coverage in routine food safety testing: SCIEX solutions are designed for the routine quantification of target analytes in challenging matrices. SCIEX is constantly looking to work in collaboration with thought leaders to ensure solutions remain relevant and to help users prepare for the future.


• ZenoTOF 7600 system: A powerful leap in proprietary innovation, this high-resolution accurate mass system combines the power of Zeno trap pulsing with EAD fragmentation technology (electron activated dissociation) to uncover structural information, previously inaccessible, and drive the limits of quantification achievable with accurate mass.


• SCIEX 7500 system: The highest performing triple quadrupole-based mass spectrometer available today was developed to GO BEYOND what was previously possible, and to help scientists attain unprecedented levels of sensitivity.


• Alkaloids in plant-based food: Recent concerns over the chronic toxicity of these naturally occurring plant toxins has led to a new outlook from food safety authorities, which requires food safety labs to look at expanding their contaminant testing methods. Anticipating this demand, SCIEX has worked in collaboration with leading researchers to create ready-to-run methods that are available to all SCIEX users.


• Allergen screening and meat speciation analysis: The increasing prevalence of food intolerances has led to heightened public interest in allergens, and the resulting labeling requirements mean highly sensitive and accurate analytical methods are required in an ever-increasing number of laboratories.


• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: While PFAS have been of interest to environmental researchers for years, increasing public concern over health and the environment along with the introduction of several new target compounds and associated regulations have made PFAS analysis a hot topic around the world. To address this demand, SCIEX has worked with collaborators to develop various methods and workflows.