Analysis

Deepen your understanding of finished products and ingredients

Our analytical tools provide forensic insight into your ingredient or product system to ensure consistency, quality and safety. Quantitative benchmarking allows you to see how your product performs against target samples. Using data-driven insights, analysis also informs formulation and process development, for more effective problem-solving.

Insight

GFIC leverages facilities and experts at the University of Guelph to enable the quantitative evaluation of various ingredient and food matrixes. Insights attainable from our analytical suite include:

  • Structural characterization

  • Texture analysis

  • Thermal analysis

  • Particle characterization

  • Ingredient interactions

  • Protein analysis

  • Lipid analysis

  • Enzyme analysis

  • Chemical identification

  • Nutritional composition

  • Microbial content and identification

Our analytical tools can be infused into our R&D or shelf life services to answer fundamental questions and assess your product's performance over time.