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Title: What types of testing occur within a food and beverage laboratory?
Author for citation: Shawn E. Douglas
License for content: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Publication date: August 2022
Introduction
The food and beverage laboratory plays a vital role in helping improve and secure our food supply and the consumable products that get made from it. It does this by playing a number of roles within the overall food and beverage industry, including within the research and development (R&D), pre-manufacturing and manufacturing, and post-production regulation and security phases of food and beverage production.[1] It's within these roles a multi-discipline approach to testing occurs, depending on the role played by the lab. However, regardless of role, all testing boils down to a means of better ensuring safer, more nutritious and delicious foods and beverages.
This brief topical article will borrow from previous discussion about food and beverage laboratories[1] and dive deeper into the types of testing taking place within the three primary roles such labs have within the industry.
Broad testing within the industry
Broad testing: https://books.google.com/books?id=KtAdCgAAQBAJ
Laboratory testing guide: https://books.google.com/books?id=i5TdyXBiwRsC&printsec=frontcove
FoodNet Lab Testing: https://wwwn.cdc.gov/FoodNetFast/LabSurvey
Testing within the primary roles of a food and beverage lab
R&D roles
- Processing equipment design and sanitation
https://books.google.com/books?id=iQDoDwAAQBAJ
- Improving packaging
- Genetic modification for improved yields and nutrition
https://books.google.com/books?id=qePEDwAAQBAJ
- Nutritional reformulation
https://books.google.com/books?id=vE_VDwAAQBAJ
- Flavor/aroma analysis and formulation
- Overall food innovation and development
https://books.google.com/books?id=DnB7AwAAQBAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=jqZJEAAAQBAJ
- Predicting and controlling spoilage
- Performing stability tests
https://books.google.com/books?id=YVwNCgAAQBAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=UK9tAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA508 https://www.innovolo.co.uk/article/the-ultimate-guide-to-shelf-life-stability-testing-services-dont-risk-your-new-products-safety https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/food-science/accelerated-shelf-life https://www.formulaction.com/en/about-us/news/blog/challenges-in-food-and-beverage-stability
Pre-manufacturing and manufacturing roles
- Quality control testing
https://books.google.com/books?id=2YmpDwAAQBAJ
- Food sensitivities and allergens
- Nutritional analyses
- Caloric analyses
https://books.google.com/books?id=s3R-EAAAQBAJ
Post-production regulation and security roles
- Authenticity and adulteration testing
https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-8QCgAAQBAJ
- Quality control testing
https://books.google.com/books?id=2YmpDwAAQBAJ
Conclusion
This brief topical article sought to answer "what types of testing occur within a food and beverage laboratory?" It notes that in particular,
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas, S.E. (16 August 2022). "What is the importance of a food and beverage testing laboratory to society?". LIMSwiki. https://www.limswiki.org/index.php/LIMS_FAQ:What_is_the_importance_of_a_food_and_beverage_testing_laboratory_to_society%3F. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
