Food & agricultural testing sample preparation

Sample preparation in food and agriculture applications is often complicated by the nature of the sample matrix. Solid or semi-solid samples such as fruit, vegetables, tissue or soil need specialized sample pre-treatment for efficient extraction of the analytes.  And the complexity of sample matrices requires robust and reliable clean-up methodology.
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  • Application note

    Extraction of veterinary growth promoters from animal urine using ISOLUTE® SLE+
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  • Application note

    Extraction of veterinary growth promoters from animal urine using ISOLUTE® HYDRO DME+
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  • Poster

    A fast effective sample clean-up method for applications related to food safety surveillance in the screening of commercial meat products for aminoglycoside residues
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ISOLUTE® cSPE for QuEChERS | Cartridges for no-shake QuEChERS clean-up

Prepacked cartridges designed for efficient clean-up of pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables.

ISOLUTE® QuEChERS | Extraction and clean-up tubes

Fast and efficient clean-up of complex food samples using salt-assisted extraction and partitioning, followed by dispersive SPE.

ISOLUTE® ENV+ | Solid-phase extraction cartridges and plates

A highly retentive non-polar SPE phase, for the extraction of polar analytes that are not retained by C18 or C8 sorbents.

ISOLUTE® MULTIMODE | Solid-phase extraction cartridges and plates

Mixed-mode sorbent frequently used in scavenging mode for the isolation of compounds like acrylamide from complex mixtures.

Biotage® Lysera | Bead mill homogenizer

Designed for automating the grinding, lysing, and homogenizing of biological, food and environmental samples prior to sample preparation.

Biotage® Extrahera™ HV-5000 | High-volume sample prep workstation

An automated sample prep workstation designed to process high volume samples with SMART pipetting, GLP compliance, and intuitive software.

Biotage® Extrahera™ Classic | Multi-format sample prep workstation

An automated workstation for sample prep processing in plates and cartridges and parallel peptide purification.

TurboVap® | Automated solvent evaporation systems

With four configurations of the same platform —TurboVap® LV, II, Eh and P+ are tailored to fit any sample preparation workflow.