How do people use chromatography in food testing?

Answer 1

There are many applications - from the characterisation of oils and fats (cis-trans and saturated/unsaturated etc..) to the analysis of traces of pesticides

and herbicides in fruit and vegetables. Nowadays the connection of a GC to a

mass spectrometer is relatively inexpensive and gives more specificity. Liquid chromatography extends the range of analytes such as many toxins (aflatoxins etc) which are unsuitable for GC and for example flavanoids in foods

Answer 2

It's useful in the industry because if there is evidence at a scene of a crime, such as, urine, forensics are able to find out if drugs or alcohol have been used by the person tested

Answer 3

Liquid chromatography, or column chromatography, is often used in industries since it can perform chromatography on a large scale and is inexpensive.

I hope this helps! :)

Answer 4

Chromatography can be used in the food industry to check the quality of the food, quantifying the trace amount of harmful molecules.

Answer 5

identifying constituents of a substance