From sensory judgement to objective molecular fingerprints

Sensory panels remain a gold standard — but they are costly, limited in scope, difficult to redeploy across products, and constrained in operational hours. Scaling them across multiple formulations and production sites is challenging.

GC-IMS provides an objective, reproducible alternative:
a three-dimensional VOC fingerprint of any food or beverage sample.

Using automated static headspace sampling, FlavourSpec®:

• Analyses solid or liquid samples with no pre-treatment
• Generates characteristic VOC fingerprints
• Detects flavour-active and off-flavour compounds from low-ppb down to ppt levels
• Enables multivariate statistical classification
• Operates outside traditional lab environments

Commercial applications:

• Product flavour consistency
• Early detection of off-smells (e.g. diacetyl, TMA)
• Raw material authentication
• Shelf-life and storage monitoring
• Packaging VOC migration

Academic applications:

• Metabolomic profiling
• Fermentation monitoring
• Plant and food VOC research
• Data-driven flavour science

We offer demos, collaborative GC-IMS access, short-term rental and pilot installations, joint research and grant partnerships, data and method support, instrument sales, and full technical training.

If you work on flavour, freshness, or authenticity — let’s talk.

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