Bruker Introduces WineScreener™ - a Cost-Effective, Automated & High Throughput Solution for Wine Quality Control & Safety ...
27 March 2012 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
At ANUGA FoodTec 2012 international trade fair for food and
drink technology, Bruker introduces the WineScreener™, a
high-resolution Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(FT-NMR)-based screening system that delivers rapid and cost
efficient quantitative targeted and non-targeted statistical
analyses of wine. Based on the well proven JuiceScreener™, a
solution introduced for various fruit juices in 2008, the
WineScreener adds to Bruker’s expanding NMR food screening
and analysis product line. The frequent wine scandals in recent
years have demonstrated a need for the new NMR technology that
assesses quality and safety within a single experiment.
Wine analysis is performed using proton NMR spectroscopy at 400
MHz, which includes straightforward sample preparation, rapid
measurement and fully automated analysis, resulting in the
simultaneous measurement of a set of key quality and safety
relevant parameters. Successfully established in fruit juice
analysis, the non-targeted NMR screening capability also enables
identification of unexpected and unknown deviations and
falsifications that can represent adulteration or undiagnosed
processing issues.
The WineScreener brings a new level of cost efficiency to
the industry, thanks to the large number of parameters delivered
within a single, completely automated, push button analysis with
minimal sample preparation. Quantification of 25 relevant
components is delivered in one measurement, eliminating the need
for multiple experiments using conventional techniques. In
addition, both quality and safety are assessed by non-targeted
screening. The transferability of the method, based on standard
operation procedures, guarantees identical results across different
analysis laboratories, made possible by the very high
reproducibility of Bruker’s NMR technology. Due to its
self-learning nature, the wine screening solution will further
increase its capabilities as new wine analyses are integrated on a
global basis.
With this new solution, Bruker is responding to growing needs of
the wine industry. This first product release will offer a targeted
analysis applicable to wines produced worldwide, in addition to a
non-targeted analysis developed on and applicable to German
wines.
“We were overwhelmed by the interest of the wine community for
our NMR solution and are excited to be offering another fully
automated solution for food quality and safety control that
enhances our overall NMR-based food offerings,” stated Dr. Markus
Link, Business Development Manager at Bruker BioSpin.
Bruker has formed a partnership with WineSpin-Analytics GmbH, an
established German wine analysis company, resulting in a product
combining Bruker's proprietary analysis technology with the
expertise of WineSpin.
“We have decided for Bruker's WineScreener as our
preferred analysis solution, as this will allow us to quantify a
multitude of components in wine, while simultaneously detecting
unknown deviations from the models built with authentic wines. This
provides a unique advantage to our customers in the wine industry.
The NMR analysis system will safeguard and strengthen the
wine-makers' reputation for integrity in wine production,”
commented Christian Kost and Fred Langenwalter, the co-owners of
WineSpin-Analytics, a successful wine analysis laboratory with a
long history in Germany.
About Bruker Corporation
Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) is a leading provider of
high-performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular
and materials research, as well as for industrial and applied
analysis. For more information, please visit www.bruker.com.
For more information on WineScreener, please visit:
www.bruker.com/winescreener
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