by Anacatarina | Nov 24, 2022 | Allgemein, Blog, Company News, Food Testing
In the first of our BioAnalyt in Academia series, we go through the paper titled A review of portable quantitative and semi-quantitative devices for measurement of vitamin A in biological samples, which was published in the Current Research in Biotechnology journal in...
by Anthony | Oct 5, 2020 | Allgemein, Blog, Company News, Food Fortification, Food Quality and Safety, Food Testing
DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER HERE SEPTEMBER 2020 Wheat, maize, and rice are the most widely consumed grains around the world, present in about 95% of all diets. However, modern processing of these grains removes most of the bran and germ, the parts of the grains that are...
by Anthony | Aug 3, 2020 | Allgemein, Blog, Company News, Food Fortification, Food Quality and Safety, Food Testing
DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER HERE AUGUST 2020 Why Fortify Edible Oil? Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) affects 250 million preschool-age children, and 20 million pregnant women worldwide. It is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children, resulting in at least 250,000...
by Anthony | May 18, 2020 | Allgemein, Blog, Company News, Food Fortification, Food Quality and Safety, Food Testing
DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER HERE MAY 2020 Why Fortify Sugar? Large-scale food fortification is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions to increase vitamin A intakes and reduce the risk of vitamin A deficiency. Experiences with food fortification suggest...
by Anthony | Feb 28, 2020 | Allgemein, Blog, Company News, Food Fortification, Nutritional Status, Personalized Nutrition
February 2020 We continue with our “Learn About Your Vitamins and Minerals” series by putting the spotlight on vitamin A and iron. Let’s dig in by first talking about vitamin A! Vitamin A is a group name of fat-soluble vitamins which are vital for reproduction,...
by Corey Luthringer | Dec 19, 2019 | Allgemein, Blog, Company News, Food Fortification, Food Quality and Safety, Food Testing
December 2019 Our iCheck devices enable measurement of individual vitamins and minerals in foods and animal samples. Our customers – users of iChecks – are fortified or enriched food producers, feed and premix producers, researchers, monitoring agencies as...
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 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 | Jul 18, 2017 | Blog, Food Fortification, Food Testing
By Holly McKee, published on 16th February 2017 BioAnalyt partnered with DSM to develop a simple method for testing fortified rice Photo by Chema Photo on Unsplash As a staple food for more than 3 billion people, rice provides a good source of energy but is sadly...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Dec 19, 2016 | Nutritional Status
By Holly Mckee, published on 19th December 2018 “The iCheck Fluoro is very field-friendly, allowing an immediate vitamin A determination in fresh milk.” Dr. Henri Dirren, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute The challenge Low birth weight...
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 15, 2016 | Blog, Food Fortification
By Holly McKee, published on 15th March 2016 Vitamin A testing made easy With the innovative portable method, iCheck Fluoro, vitamin analysis has been made more accesible and is no longer bound to a lab. How? Our new video, created by local Berlin...
by Anna Zhenchuk | Mar 3, 2016 | Company News, Food Fortification, Food Testing
Published on 3rd March 2016 Monitoring is key to the success of food fortification programs It is estimated that vitamin A deficiency (VAD) affects nearly 150 million children worldwide, predominantly in developing countries. Fortification of edible oils has been...