Welcome to QIB Extra Ltd
Improving the productivity of our customers to ensure the quality and safety of their products
Analysis of Food Bioactives
Determination of levels of plant bioactives such as anthocyanins
Microbiology
Expertise in major food-borne bacterial pathogens including C.botulinum
Food Quality
Food quality; shelf-life, authenticity, texture analysis and product consistency
Authentication
Rapid screening methods for detecting substitution of undeclared material in foods
Nutritional Information Solutions (NIS)
National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC)
Applied Research and Analytical Services for Industry
What We Do
QIB Extra carries out bespoke research for food, health and allied industries.
QIB Extra offers a rapid confidential service that can take the form of short-term contract research, consultancies or large applied research projects. We use our expertise and equipment to solve problems for our customers. Most of our work is in the form of short research projects or consultancies.
We use expertise and facilities to solve problems and investigate potential issues. Facilities include state of the art analytical equipment that are found within our high-level research environment.
Analysis of Food Bioactives
Food Bioactives, particularly plant-based bioactives, are the focus of intense research with regards to their beneficial health properties.
Microbiology
Food Safety is an essential part of product manufacture. QIB extra has expertise in the major bacterial pathogens of concern and can help with process validation with regards to ensuring safety guidelines are met.
Food Quality
QIB Extra can help you in all aspects of food quality; shelf-life, authenticity, texture analysis and product consistency.
Nutritional Information Solutions (NIS)
New legislation requires producers to label all foods with nutritional composition data. NIS can provide software to enable you to calculate your nutritional information from your recipe ingredients or if preferred can calculate the nutritional information for you.
Stats and Analysis
We offer access to a team of professional statisticians who will aim to give understandable answers to your data analysis questions or problems as well as help you design experiments.
NCYC
National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC) offers a number of commercial services including contract R&D, yeast identification, DNA fingerprinting and safe deposit.
Authentication
Utilizing the expertise of the Analytical Sciences Unit at Quadram Institute, QIB Extra is able to offer rapid screening methods for detecting substitution of undeclared material in foods.
More about our services
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Latest News
20/03/2018
Challenge testing for the potential of botulinum toxin formation in chilled and other foods has been a hot topic of conversation for a number of years within the food industry.
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08/02/2018
QIB Extra Quality Policy Information
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Industry News
Tue, 22 May 2018
The UK dairy industry has revealed its progress toward reducing its environmental footprint over the past ten years, outlined in the Dairy Roadmap 10th anniversary report.
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Tue, 22 May 2018
Risk-based complianceâs impact on the food industry is set to be a key theme at Food Manufactureâs Food Safety Conference, which takes place in Birmingham next month.
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Tue, 22 May 2018
The UK food industry has failed to meet sugar reduction targets set by the government as part of its plans to curb childhood obesity.
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