Laboratory of Food Chemistry - Equipment
Equipment
The Laboratory of Food Chemistry has facilities for extraction of food or agricultural raw materials, as well as analytical and preparative scale chromatography of oligo- and polysaccharides, proteins and peptides, phytochemicals, and lipids. In addition,a wide variety of analytical techniques like HPLC coupled to various detectors, UHPLC-DAD-ESI-MS, GC coupled to FID or MS, MALDI-TOF-MS, cyclic ion mobility-MS, and spectrophotometry are available. Besides this, several other analytical facilities (e.g. NMR and CD) are shared with other laboratories at WUR.
An overview of analytical equipment at FCH can be found below.
Reservation of FCH equipment
A full, detailed list of equipment present at Food Chemistry can be found via the
booking site (WUR lab facilities Booking), where authorized users can also make equipment reservations.
For questions or requests related to FCH equipment, please use the contact form below:
| Equipment Type | Additional detectors or features | Instrument |
|---|---|---|
| HPLC (SEC or IC) | RI / UV | Dionex Ultimate 3000 (2x) |
| HPAEC | PAD / UV | Dionex ICS 6000 (2x) |
| HPAEC | PAD / Post column addition | Dionex ICS 6000 (2x) |
| RP-UHPLC-ESI-Tribrid Orbitrap-MS | UV-Vis | Thermo Scientific Vanquish + Orbitrap IQ-X Tribrid |
| RP-UPLC-ESI-cyclic ion mobility-TOF-MS | UV / DESI source | Waters Premier H class Bio + Select series Cyclic IMS |
| NP-HPLC | CAD / UV | Thermo Scientific Vanquish |
| Preparative HPLC (RP / NP) | UV / MS / Fraction collection | Waters Prep AutoPurification system |
| Preparative LC (SEC / IEC / HIC) | UV / Conductivity / Fraction collection | Cytiva Äkta pure 25 M |
| Preparative LC (SEC / IEC / HIC) | UV / RI / Fraction collection | Cytiva Äkta pure 150 M |
| Flash chromatography (RP / NP) | ELSD / UV / Fraction collection | Büchi Flash Pure C850 |
| GC-MS | FID / Olfactometry / Dynamic headspace / Cold trap | Thermo Scientifc Trace 1300 + ISQ7000 |
| GC | FID / Olfactometry | Thermo Scientific Trace 1300 |
| (pyrolysis-)GC-MS | Dynamic headspace, cold trap, SPME auto-sampler | Thermo Scientific 1300 GC (2x) + Orbitrap Exactive + pyrolyser |
| MALDI-ToF-MS | Bruker Autoflex Max |
| Type | Instrument | |
|---|---|---|
| UV-Vis | Cuvette | Thermo Scientific Genesys 150 |
| UV-Vis + Fluorescence | 96-wells plate | Molecular Devices SpectraMax ID3 (2x) |
| UV-Vis + Fluorescence (for microbiology) | 96-wells plate | Tecan Infinite 200 PRO M Nano Plus |
| UV-Vis (for microbiology) | 96-wells plate | Tecan Infinite 200 M Pro |
| Type | Equipment |
|---|---|
| SDS-PAGE, native PAGE | Bio-rad Mini Protean system |
| Gel scanner | Bio-rad GS900 |
| Automated analyser for uronic acids | Skalar San Plus AutoAnalyser |
| DUMAS nitrogen analyser | Thermo Scientific FlashSmart |
| pH stat | Metrohm Titrando 902 (6x) |
| Zeta-potential measurement | Malvern Zetasizer Nano ZSP |
| Freeze dryers | Christ Alpha 1-4 LSC Basic/Plus (3x) |
| Centrifugal mill | Retsch Ultra Centrifugal Mill ZM 200 |
| Bead mill | Retsch Cryomill MM 400 |
| Planetary ball mill | Retsch Planetary Ball Mill PM 200 |
| Microfluidizer (homogeniser) | Microfluidics LV1 |