Functional ingredient analysis solutions for food.

Providing solutions for routine analysis of functional ingredients and quantification of flavor components.

In recent years, "functional ingredients" that add value to food have gained attention, and various foods containing these functional ingredients are being developed, manufactured, and sold as Foods for Specified Health Uses (Tokuho) and Foods with Functional Claims. However, in the analysis of functional ingredients contained in food, achieving excellent separation and high sensitivity detection using liquid chromatography (LC) often poses challenges, making it difficult to objectively evaluate flavor components that affect taste. Waters, as a specialized manufacturer of LC and mass spectrometers, supports reliable analysis of functional claim foods with high-sensitivity mass spectrometers, as well as total solutions including LC systems, columns, and informatics that achieve high separation. ★ Application notes and on-demand webinars are now available We are currently offering application notes and various materials related to reliable routine analysis of functional ingredients and flavor components. Please check them out under "Download."

On-Demand Webinar: Objective and Simple Evaluation of Flavor Components - Translating Sensory Evaluation into Instrumental Analysis -

basic information

■ Wide Range of LC Lineup You can select LC that fits your intended purpose, with a rich variety of detector options. Achieves high separation, high sensitivity, and high speed, gaining greater reliability. ■ ACQUITY QDa Mass Detector A mass detector that is easy to use, just like optical detectors such as UV. It improves reliability in routine analysis of functional components and can be applied to quantification of flavor components. ■ AccQTag Ultra Amino Acid Analysis Solution A robust method with high resolution, sensitivity, speed, and minimal variability. Detection at the pmol level is possible even when using optical and fluorescence detectors. ■ Empower 3 Chromatography Data Software Data acquisition and result analysis are very easy. The ACQUITY QDa mass detector can also be controlled by Empower, just like LC.