Welcome to QIB Extra Improving the productivity of our customers to ensure the quality and safety of their products
New Method for Buffalo Mozzarella Authentication QIB Extra is pleased to announce a new rapid method for buffalo mozzarella authentication
Rapid Method for Coffee Authentication QIB Extra offers a rapid analysis for the screening of Arabica coffee
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)
QIB Extra offers a new test to combat buffalo mozzarella fraud.
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QIB Extra is pleased to announce a new rapid analysis for the screening of Arabica coffee.
Food Bioactives, particularly plant-based bioactives, are the focus of intense research with regards to their beneficial health properties.
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.
QIB Extra can help you in all aspects of food quality; shelf-life, authenticity, texture analysis and product consistency.
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.
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.
National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC) offers a number of commercial services including contract R&D, yeast identification, DNA fingerprinting and safe deposit.
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.
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QIB Extra on behalf of Meat Livestock Australia (MLA) and The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) undertook a project using a risk assessment approach and carried out a challenge test experiment, to establish whether a shelf-life of greater than 10 days can be applied to fresh chilled meat.
Scientists from the Quadram Institute on the Norwich Research Park have developed a test that differentiates between buffalo and cow’s milk, and between the cheeses made from them. Applying the test to commercial products, they found that many restaurant meals and supermarket pizzas claiming to be buffalo mozzarella are mislabelled, and instead contain mozzarella made wholly or partially from cows’ milk.
Nichols has promoted group commercial director Andrew Milne to group chief operating officer with immediate effect.
More than 400 jobs are under threat at Addo Food Groupâs Spalding site after the chilled pastry specialist opened a consultation process to close the factory and transfer production to its Poole and Palethorpes bakeries.
While opinions are divided on the reason for the recent surge in food recalls, businesses are advised to have a clear system to mitigate the impact of such incidents.