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)
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.
Buffalo Mozzarella Authentication
QIB Extra offers a new test to combat buffalo mozzarella fraud.
Coffee Authentication
QIB Extra is pleased to announce a new rapid analysis for the screening of Arabica coffee.
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
We were very impressed by the way the contractual process has been handled by QIB Extra. Thank you for sorting it out so promptly!
Latest News
26/03/2019
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.
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05/03/2019
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.
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Industry News
Fri, 16 Aug 2019
There are many ways for food manufacturers to reduce their carbon footprint â and not all of the actions need to involve sweeping changes or massive investment.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2019
Baked goods manufacturer Everfresh has partnered with Campden BRI and thermal processing technology provider Holmach to improve the nutritional qualities and shelf-life of baked goods using sprouted grains and pasteurisation.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2019
Up to 50 jobs are at risk at MÃller Milk & Ingredientsâ Aberdeen depot, after the dairy processor announced a review of the site that could result in its closure.
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