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Metrohm: Challenges and Solutions for Sugar Analysis in Human Food, Animal Feed, and Pet Food
Carbohydrates are an important component of the diet for both humans and animals. Given the recent scientific, federal and consumer interest in carbohydrates, specifically in added sugars, it is important to establish actual sugar profile and composition in human food and beverages, animal feed, and pet foods. Sugar profile determination in food matrices helps to understand a product’s consistency and reduces vulnerability to food fraud. Nutritional sugar determination requires proper sample preparation, matrix elimination, and optimized separation and detection methods to achieve both precision and accuracy in complex food matrices.
Join us for an informational webcast on sugar testing and learn about key drivers for animal and human sugar measurements. Jeff Horst from Agri-King Inc. will discuss recent acceptance of Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) methods for sugars in animal feed, pet food, and human food that establish the initial necessary steps towards an AOAC-approved method for these challenging matrices. Dr. Hari Narayanan from Metrohm USA will discuss the latest developments in sample preparation that support sugar analysis in various human food matrices.
Key Learning Objectives:
- New regulations related to sugar analysis in human food, animal feeds, and pet foods
- Ion chromatography methods for selective and sensitive sugar profiling
- Regulatory drivers for sugar analysis
- New inline sample preparation techniques to achieve reproducible results
Who Should Attend:
- Analytical development, QA/QC lab managers from food and beverage companies, human food, pet food and animal feed manufacturers
- Commercial testing labs performing food sample analysis
- Those who are interested in learning ion chromatography and sugar analysis applications
- Those who are already using ion chromatography and wants to learn new sample preparation techniques
- Any one from pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical interested in learning about carbohydrate and fructans analysis
Have questions? Contact Kristen Moore at,
SPEAKERS
Jeff HorstLaboratory Production Manager
Agri-King Inc
Jeff Horst is the Laboratory Production Manager at Agri-King Inc., an International Livestock Nutrition company based in Fulton, IL. He has spent 28 years at Agri-King Inc., the past 17 as Laboratory Production Manager. Jeff is currently a Lab Advisor to Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) and serving as co-chairman of the Carbohydrate Working Group. He also serves on the National Forage Testing Association (NFTA) Board and is a past president.
Dr. Hari NarayananProduct Marketing Manager
Metrohm USA Inc
Dr. Hari Narayanan is the Product Marketing Manager at Metrohm USA Inc. He has eighteen years of experience in analytical chemistry, focusing on IR, Raman, NIR spectroscopy and titration, ion chromatography, voltammetry, XRF and several other analytical techniques. He developed several novel IC applications for the pharmaceutical industry and provided recommendations to USP for IC method updates. He received his B.Sc and M.Sc. in Chemistry from the MK University and a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Madras, India.