AB71410-EN-BEER-Compendium-0716S.pdf

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AB71410-EN 0716S-B12

Overview:

The use of Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) for

analysing elemental contaminants in beer and other different types of beverages is

described.

The elements commonly analysed in beverages, both contaminants and major

constituent elements are:

Major nutrients Contaminants

Fe Zn

As Mn

Cd Pb

Cu Sn

Method:

The Thermo Scientific

™

iCAP

™

7200 ICP-OES was used for the direct analysis of beer.

The Thermo Scientific

™

Qtegra

™

Intelligent Scientific Data Solution (ISDS) simplifies

method development and provides an option of immediate analysis. The Food Safety

template was used which contains all of the required method parameters and

standard concentrations.

A British ale was used, one drop of a silicone anti-foaming agent was added to reduce

the influence of the dissolved CO

gas on nebulization and transport.

Conclusion:

This method makes the analysis of beverages rapid and analyst friendly allowing both

experienced and inexperienced users alike to vastly reduce the method development

time for these types of samples, resulting in cost effective analyses. In addition to the

time saving on method development, removal of the digestion stage and the use of

internal standards produces an easy to use, versatile method capable of analyzing

beer and also a wide variety of food and beverage samples.

Read the full application note

Analysis of Elemental Contaminants in Beverages

using the Thermo Scientific iCAP 7200 ICP-OES

Patrícia Coelho, Applications Chemist,

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Cambridge, UK

Application Summary AN 43151