by Mauricio | Jul 8, 2024 | Allgemein, Blog, Food Fortification, News Block - Featured Homepage
A new study, published in the Food Analytical Methods, compared a portable device to high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in terms of quantification of vitamin A in both spiked and commercially fortified oils. Fortifying edible oil with vitamin A is a common...
by Anacatarina | Sep 20, 2022 | Allgemein, Blog, Company News
BioAnalyt participated as one of the speakers at a workshop organized last week by our strategic partner, TechnoServe, as a part of its Technical Assistance Accelerator Program (TAAP). As a result, we had a couple of questions from our crucial customer base in Kenya...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Oct 17, 2019 | Allgemein, Blog, Company News, Food Fortification, Food Testing
October 2019 DOWNLOAD APPLICATION PAPER HERE Bouillon Cubes are popular and inexpensive seasoning ingredients with wide usage across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. In Nigeria alone, over 100 million bouillon cubes are sold per day and recent studies indicate that...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Jul 31, 2019 | Allgemein, Blog, Company News, Food Fortification, Food Quality and Safety, Food Testing
July 2019 DOWNLOAD APPLICATION PAPER Rice Fortification Over 3.5 billion people across Asia, Africa, and Latin America depend on rice for up to 20% of their daily calories. This rice, however, is most often polished to remove the outer bran layer, depriving it of its...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Jul 31, 2019 | Allgemein, Blog, Food Fortification, Food Quality and Safety, Food Testing
July 2019 DOWNLOAD APPLICATION PAPER An estimated 1 billion people, including 35 million babies, do not consume sufficient amounts of iodine. Almost 18 million of these babies are mentally impaired as a consequence. Nearly 2 billion people suffer from anemia, over...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Feb 25, 2019 | Allgemein, Blog, Company News, Food Fortification, Food Testing
More than a third of the global population are affected by iodine and iron deficiencies, and this poses a serious public health risk. For decades salt has been successfully fortified with iodine in many countries worldwide. Salt is an ideal food matrix for...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Jan 28, 2019 | Animal Nutrition, Biofortification, Company News, Food Fortification, Food Quality and Safety, Food Testing, Nutritional Status, Personalized Nutrition
BioAnalyt continues to offer free-of-charge online training for all iCheck users. Training is strongly recommended before any initial use of iCheck. Existing users are also welcome to repeat and get refresher training. To facilitate participation in this unique...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Aug 27, 2018 | Company News, Food Fortification
Maize is the most popular staple food in Tanzania. It is also an excellent vehicle to deliver vital micronutrients to vulnerable populations. Sanku has undertaken this challenge and is today providing fortification technology and support to over 100 maize millers in...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog, Nutritional Status, Personalized Nutrition
Published on 5th July 2018 A new study, published in The Journal of Nutrition, examines how bariatric surgery affects breast milk concentration. Patients who undergo bariatric surgery have a restricted or shortened digestive tract and often develop nutrient...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Jan 30, 2018 | Allgemein
Published on 8th December 2017 Our product portfolio is growing with the development of a device to measure vitamin E. Product release is January 2018. iCheck Vitamin E complements our iCheck Carotene as a solution for monitoring dairy cattle health to ensure strong...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Jul 14, 2017 | Food Fortification
Published on 14th July 2017 In efforts to reduce iron deficiency in populations, governments are increasingly choosing iron sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (NaFeEDTA) as the form of iron to be added to wheat and maize flour (1). This form of iron is highly...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Jul 19, 2016 | Nutritional Status
By Dr. Simone Frey, published on 19th July 2016 “I am looking for a rapid method to measure vitamin A in breast milk in obese women without using HLPC or GC-MS for my latest research project – I would like to use your product” said my friend Christophe Matthys,...
by Anna Zhenchuk | May 13, 2016 | Food Fortification
Published on 13th May 2016 Over 95% of households in West Africa consume bouillon cubes on a daily basis It is estimated that vitamin A deficiency (VAD) affects almost 150 million children worldwide, predominantly in developing countries. Fortification of staple foods...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Mar 31, 2016 | Allgemein, Animal Nutrition, Blog, Nutritional Status
Published on 31st March 2016 What is the role of ß-carotene in cattle? ß-carotene is an important precursor of vitamin A and is closely associated with bovine fertility and health. Furthermore ß-carotene is an antioxidant and can directly enhance immunity. For cattle...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Mar 16, 2016 | Food Fortification
By Dr. Anna Zhenchuk, published on 16th March 2016 Iron deficiency is the most common nutrient deficiency Iron deficiency is the most common cause of anemia and most widespread nutritional disorder, affecting about 1.6 billion people globally, predominantly preschool...
