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Acrylamide In Food Testing Services - Curtis Analytics Ltd
Curtis Analytics Ltd analyse acrylamide in food. We help food manufacturers to measure and control levels of acrylamide in food.
Financial period: 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2024
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Curtis Analytics provides an analytical service for the measurement of free asparagine, other free amino acid and sugar concentrations in food raw materials. It was founded by Dr Tanya Curtis who was previously a member of my team (PhD student and post-doc). This arose directly from the funding provided for this short project. The company is located in the Daniel Hall Building, Rothamsted Centre for Research and Enterprise (RoCRE).
Curtis Analytics provides agricultural produce testing, research and advisory services, aimed at reducing the amount of acrylamide in food.
It is early days but the company has business from major food processing companies, mostly in the cereal sector. It is clearly providing a much-needed service and has already taken on one employee.
1 Jan 2021 to 30 Apr 2021
Acrylamide formation in food is a problem recognised by the food industry. The imminent enforcement of EU legislation may lead to significant loss of EU markets to UK goods. Acrylamide is found in groups of commonly consumed foods including baked and fried potatoes, bread, breakfast cereals, coffee and baby food, and is a result of the Maillard reaction b...
1 Jun 2018 to 30 Nov 2019
Acrylamide is a toxic chemical that forms in starchy food products and in coffee during high temperature cooking, including baking, frying and industrial processing. Acrylamide is a Class 2a carcinogen, is neurotoxic and has been linked to male infertility. The acrylamide metabolite glycidamide appears to be the major carcinogen found in laboratory tests ...
