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The food and beverage laboratory plays a vital role in helping improve and secure our food supply and the consumable products that get made from it. It does this by playing a number of roles within the overall food and beverage industry, including within the research and development (R&D), pre-manufacturing and manufacturing, and post-production regulation and security phases of food and beverage production.<ref name="DouglasWhatIs22">{{cite web |url=https://www.limswiki.org/index.php/LIMS_FAQ:What_is_the_importance_of_a_food_and_beverage_testing_laboratory_to_society%3F |title=What is the importance of a food and beverage testing laboratory to society? |author=Douglas, S.E. |work=LIMSwiki |date=16 August 2022 |accessdate=16 August 2022}}</ref> It's within these roles a multi-discipline approach to testing occurs, depending on the role played by the lab. However, regardless of role, all testing boils down to a means of better ensuring safer, more nutritious and delicious foods and beverages.
The food and beverage laboratory plays a vital role in helping improve and secure our food supply and the consumable products that get made from it. It does this by playing a number of roles within the overall food and beverage industry, including within the research and development (R&D), pre-manufacturing and manufacturing, and post-production regulation and security phases of food and beverage production.<ref name="DouglasWhatIs22">{{cite web |url=https://www.limswiki.org/index.php/LIMS_FAQ:What_is_the_importance_of_a_food_and_beverage_testing_laboratory_to_society%3F |title=What is the importance of a food and beverage testing laboratory to society? |author=Douglas, S.E. |work=LIMSwiki |date=16 August 2022 |accessdate=16 August 2022}}</ref> It's within these roles a multi-discipline approach to testing occurs, depending on the role played by the lab. However, regardless of role, all testing boils down to a means of better ensuring safer, more nutritious and delicious foods and beverages.


This brief topical article will borrow from previous discussion about food and beverage laboratories<ref name="DouglasWhatIs22"> and dive deeper into the types of testing taking place within the three primary roles such labs have within the industry.
This brief topical article will borrow from previous discussion about food and beverage laboratories<ref name="DouglasWhatIs22" /> and dive deeper into the types of testing taking place within the three primary roles such labs have within the industry.


==Broad testing within the industry==
==Broad testing within the industry==

Revision as of 20:15, 16 August 2022

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Title: What types of testing occur within a food and beverage laboratory?

Author for citation: Shawn E. Douglas

License for content: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Publication date: August 2022

Introduction

The food and beverage laboratory plays a vital role in helping improve and secure our food supply and the consumable products that get made from it. It does this by playing a number of roles within the overall food and beverage industry, including within the research and development (R&D), pre-manufacturing and manufacturing, and post-production regulation and security phases of food and beverage production.[1] It's within these roles a multi-discipline approach to testing occurs, depending on the role played by the lab. However, regardless of role, all testing boils down to a means of better ensuring safer, more nutritious and delicious foods and beverages.

This brief topical article will borrow from previous discussion about food and beverage laboratories[1] and dive deeper into the types of testing taking place within the three primary roles such labs have within the industry.

Broad testing within the industry

Broad testing: https://books.google.com/books?id=KtAdCgAAQBAJ

Laboratory testing guide: https://books.google.com/books?id=i5TdyXBiwRsC&printsec=frontcove

FoodNet Lab Testing: https://wwwn.cdc.gov/FoodNetFast/LabSurvey

Testing within the primary roles of a food and beverage lab

R&D roles

  • Processing equipment design and sanitation

https://books.google.com/books?id=iQDoDwAAQBAJ

  • Improving packaging
  • Genetic modification for improved yields and nutrition

https://books.google.com/books?id=qePEDwAAQBAJ

  • Nutritional reformulation

https://books.google.com/books?id=vE_VDwAAQBAJ

  • Flavor/aroma analysis and formulation
  • Overall food innovation and development

https://books.google.com/books?id=DnB7AwAAQBAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=jqZJEAAAQBAJ

  • Predicting and controlling spoilage
  • Performing stability tests

https://books.google.com/books?id=YVwNCgAAQBAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=UK9tAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA508 https://www.innovolo.co.uk/article/the-ultimate-guide-to-shelf-life-stability-testing-services-dont-risk-your-new-products-safety https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/food-science/accelerated-shelf-life https://www.formulaction.com/en/about-us/news/blog/challenges-in-food-and-beverage-stability

Pre-manufacturing and manufacturing roles

  • Quality control testing

https://books.google.com/books?id=2YmpDwAAQBAJ

  • Food sensitivities and allergens
  • Nutritional analyses
  • Caloric analyses

https://books.google.com/books?id=s3R-EAAAQBAJ

Post-production regulation and security roles

  • Authenticity and adulteration testing

https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-8QCgAAQBAJ

  • Quality control testing

https://books.google.com/books?id=2YmpDwAAQBAJ

Conclusion

This brief topical article sought to answer "what types of testing occur within a food and beverage laboratory?" It notes that in particular,

References