This book offers a comprehensive survey on the possibilities, applications, and new developments of capillary gas chromatography for the complete range of examinations of food and raw material. It is intended for food scientists/chemists, food technologists, and nutritionists.

Theory and practice of HPLC; Applications of HPLC to food analysis; Determination of carborydrates; The analysis of lipids by HPLC; Determination of vitamins; Determination of food additives by HPLC; Determination of synthetic food colours by HPLC; HPLC of natural pigments in foodstuffs; Determination of mycotoxins; Determination of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and nitrosamines; Determination of pesticide residues; Determination of amino acids; liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry.

Introduction to essential oil analysis. some aspects of essential oil preparation. considerations on the selection of cappilary columns for essential oil analysis. microtechniques in essential oil analysis. headscape versus classical analysis. Fingerprints in essential oil analysis. industrial quality control of essential oil by capillary GC. Retention indices in essential oil analysis. Possibilities and results of dual channel analysis of essential oils with fused silica capillaru columns. GC- mass specytrometry of essential oils: positive ion and negative ion and negative ion chemical ionazation techniques,computer matching techniques. Examples of artefact formation by chromatographic techniques. Possibilities, limitations, and future develpments in GC-FTIR analysis of essential oils. Possibilities of multidimensional GC in essential oils.

The determination of food authenticity is a vital component of quality control. Its importance has been highlighted in recent years by high-profile cases in the global supply chain such as the European horsemeat scandal and the Chinese melamine scandal which led to six fatalities and the hospitalisation of thousands of infants. As well as being a safety concern, authenticity is also a quality criterion for food and food ingredients. Consumers and retailers demand that the products they purchase and sell are what they purport to be. This book covers the most advanced techniques used for the authentication of a vast number of products around the world. The reader will be informed about the latest pertinent analytical techniques. Chapters focus on the novel techniques & markers that have emerged in recent years. An introductory section presents the concepts of food authentication while the second section examines in detail the analytical techniques for the detection of fraud relating to geographical, botanical, species and processing origin and production methods of food materials and ingredients. Finally, the third section looks at consumer attitudes towards food authenticity, the application of bioinformatics to this field, and the Editor’s conclusions and future outlook. Beyond being a reference to researchers working in food authentication it will serve as an essential source to analytical scientists interested in the field and food scientists to appreciate analytical approaches. This book will be a companion to under- and postgraduate students in their wander in food authentication and aims to be useful to researchers in universities and research institutions.

Gas chromatography remains the world's most widely used analytical technique, yet the expertise of a large proportion of chromatographers lies in other fields. Many users have little real knowledge of the variablesin the chromatographic process, the interaction between those variables, how they are best controlled, how the quality of their analytical results could be improved, and how analysis times can be shortened to facilitate the generation of a greater numberof more reliable results on the same equipment. An analyst with a more comprehensive understanding of chromatographic principles and practice, however, can often improve the quality of the data generated, reduce the analytical time, and forestall the needto purchase an additional chromatograph or another mass spectrometer. The Second Edition of Analytical Gas Chromatography is extensively revised with selected areas expanded and many new explanations and figures. The section on sample injection has been updated to include newer concepts of split, splitless, hot and cold on-column, programmed temperature vaporization, and large volume injections. Coverage of stationary phases now includes discussion, applications, and rationale of the increased thermal and oxidative resistance of the newly designed silarylenepolysiloxane polymers. Conventional and"extended range"polyethylene glycol stationary phases are examined from the viewpoints of temperature range and retention index reliabilities, and the chapter on"Variables"has been completely rewritten. The ways in which carrier gas velocity influences chromatographic performance is considered in detail, and includes what may be the first rational explanation of the seemingly anomalous effects that temperature exercises on gas viscosity (and gas flow). The practical effects that these changes cause to the chromatography is examined in pressure-, flow-, and"EPC-"regulated systems."Column Selection, Installation, and Use"has been completely rewritten as well. The accuracy of theVan Deemter plots has been greatly enhanced; a new program corrects for the first time for the changes in gas density and diffusion that occur during the chromatographic process because of solute progression through the pressure drop of the column. A new section has also been added on meeting thespecial requirements of columns destined for mass spectral analysis. The chapter on"Special Applications"has been expanded to include considerations of"selectivity tuning,"of fast analysis, and the section of Applications has been thoroughly updated and expanded. - Incorporates nearly 60% new material - Covers the newest concepts and materials for sample injection and stationary phases - Presents detailed consideration of the influence of carrier gas velocity on practical aspects of chromatographic performance - Contains a chapter on "Special Analytical Techniques" which includes consideration of selectivity tuning and fast analysis - Provides a new section addressing the special requirements of columns to be used in mass spectral analysis - Includes an improved program that greatly enhances the accuracy of the Van Deemter plots by more accurately depicting localized chromatographic conditions at each point in the column