Analytical Methods |
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| Analytical Methods for Components in Foods |
It is neither the purpose, nor the intention of the Compilers'
Toolbox™ to go
deeper into the subject of analysing food components. In addition to
Greenfield and Southgate, there are other prominent places to find the information on proper
analytical techniques for developing food composition data.
However, the collection of nutrient values from the literature
and unpublished sources requires critical assessment of all
available data. To accomplish such a task demands that the
procedures used for analysis be carefully scrutinized. Knowledge on the nutrients and their functions in the human body
is also of importance. A collection of short articles on nutrition
information can be found in the accumulated set of nutrient
information articles from Advances
in Nutrition.
The diversity
of analytical methods, the numbers of nutrients being assessed, and
the various forms of the nutrients make this task quite difficult.
Work on describing proper analytical methods regarding components in foods has been carried out in connection with the European projects, EuroFIR Nexus and TDS-EXPOSURE. The result
is
GAMA - Guidelines for Assessment of Methods of Analysis, a wiki
formerly hosted by the Helsinki University.
The present wiki is currently hosted on the
EuroFIR/Metrofood/TDSExposure site (Metrofood Wiki)
| GAMA - Guidelines for Assessment of Methods of Analysis - Nutrients |
The EuroFIR GAMA - Guidelines for Assessment of Methods of
Analysis contains description on proper methods to be used in the
analysis of nutrients and contaminants.
Currently, the following information for vitamins is available:
Water-soluble vitamins:
Fat-soluble vitamins:
- Codex Alimentarius Commission - Codex Committee on
Methods of Analysis and Sampling:
CODEX STAN 234-1999 Recommended methods of analysis and sampling
(revised 2013)
- Food energy - methods of analysis and conversion factors.
Report of a technical workshop, Rome, 3-6 December 2002.
FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 77
FAO, Rome, 2003.
- Nutrient Data Branch, United States Department of
Agriculture:
Analytical Methods Coding Manual for the Nutrient Databank.
USDA, December 1975.
- Joanne M. Holden, Seema A. Bhagwat, Kristine Y. Patterson:
Development of a Multi-nutrient Data Quality Evaluation System.
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, volume 15, Issue 4,
Pages 339–348, August 2002 [doi:10.1006/jfca.2002.1082]
- Geneviève Deharveng, U. Ruth Charrondière, Nadia Slimani,
David A.T. Southgate, Elio Riboli:
Comparison of nutrients in the food composition tables available
in the nine European countries participating in EPIC.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, volume 53, Issue 1,
Pages 60-79, 1999
- Isabel Castanheira, Marina Saraiva, Andreia Rego, Velimatti
Ollilainen:
EuroFIR guidelines for assessment of methods of analysis: GAMA.
Food Chemistry, Volume 193, Pages 82–89, 15 February 2016 [doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.03.104]
- Advances in nutrition:
Nutrient information.
Oxford Academic Journals
- EuroFIR GAMA - Guidelines for Assessment of Methods of Analysis
Metrofood Wiki
- AOAC International - Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC
INTERNATIONAL
The Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC
INTERNATIONAL is an international source of methods, in
which scientists worldwide contribute their expertise to
standards development, method development, and the systematic
evaluation and review of methods. It is the most comprehensive
collection of chemical and microbiological methods available in
the world.
- CEN European Committee for Standardization
CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, is an
association that brings together the National Standardization
Bodies of 34 European countries.
CEN's activities in relation to food safety are in line with
the European Union's objective to achieve the highest possible
level of health protection for the consumers of Europe's food.
- NMKL - Nordisk Metodikkommite
Nordic Committee on Food Analysis, NMKL , was established in
1947 and consists of chemists, microbiologists , sensory
analysts and statisticians from the five Nordic countries ,
Denmark , Finland , Iceland, Norway and Sweden. NordVal
International, which reviews and certifies proprietary methods,
was incorporated in NMKL in 2007.
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