PerkinElmer Receives IFT Food Expo Innovation Award

At the opening general session of the 2014 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting & Food Expo^® held recently in New Orleans, PerkinElmer was one of three companies to be presented with an IFT Food Expo Innovation Award by IFT President-Elect Mary Ellen Camire and President-Elect designate Colin Dennis.

The company won the award for its DairyGuard Milk Powder Analyser, which applies advanced algorithms to screen for known and unknown economic adulterants in milk powder. The instrument also provides fast nutritional parameter measurements for protein, moisture, and fat.

The system helps manufacturers defend against fraudulent practices for known adulterants such as melamine and urea, but also for unknown contaminants with non-targeted safety testing that’s quick and simple. Non-targeted screening tells the user if the sample contains something that it should not. The system can be switched between high sensitivity FT-NIR and other analysis modes including dual mid/near infrared options