Lecture
Unlocking Food Composition - Non-Targeted Food Analysis with FT-ICR-MS
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- ICM Saal 4b
- Type: Lecture
Lecture description
Globally speaking, food supply is a critical issue due to an increasing population. Climate change and geo-politics have an impact on the cost and availability of food ingredients. Continuing to ensure food safety, authenticity and quality is paramount and necessitates the characterisation of food composition beyond what is already known. Ultra-high-resolution techniques like Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS) enable more detailed understanding of complex samples. The unmatched “ultra-high” mass resolution and mass accuracy of FT-ICR-MS enables fast direct infusion methods that eliminate the challenges of chromatographic alignment in projects with many samples. Confident annotation of mass measurements allows the chemistry of complex systems to be investigated without formally identifying tens of thousands of components.
The potential impact can be seen in food, which contains tens of thousands of components involved in dynamic interactions and degradations, leading to chemical diversity and complexity. Our ability to improve the safety, security, and sustainability of food tomorrow is limited by what is known about the composition of food today.
This talk will show ways that Mars and collaborators apply non-targeted analysis to sustainability, supply chain security, food quality, and health, including recently published results that demonstrate the creation of a continuum of longitudinal data capturing the complexity of hundreds of food samples over multiple years.
Literature:
[1] “Monitoring chemical changes during food sterilisation using ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry”, J. W. Marshall, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, N. Schuetz, F. Moritz, C. Roullier-Gall, J. Uhl, et al. Food Chemistry 2018 Vol. 242 Pages 316-322. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.09.074
[2] Insights into the Chemistry of Non-Enzymatic Browning Reactions in Different Ribose-Amino Acid Model Systems, D. Hemmler, C. Roullier-Gall, J. W. Marshall, M. Rychlik, A. J. Taylor and P. Schmitt-Kopplin, Scientific Reports 2018 Vol. 8 Issue 1 Pages 16879, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34335-5
[3] Continuum of non-targeted data for long term study of complex samples generated by direct infusion ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry, S. E. Woodward, S. A. Pieczonka, J. Hertzog, R. Haydock, M. J. Thomas, C. Roullier-Gall, et al. Talanta 2025 Vol. 286 Pages 127514, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2024.127514
The potential impact can be seen in food, which contains tens of thousands of components involved in dynamic interactions and degradations, leading to chemical diversity and complexity. Our ability to improve the safety, security, and sustainability of food tomorrow is limited by what is known about the composition of food today.
This talk will show ways that Mars and collaborators apply non-targeted analysis to sustainability, supply chain security, food quality, and health, including recently published results that demonstrate the creation of a continuum of longitudinal data capturing the complexity of hundreds of food samples over multiple years.
Literature:
[1] “Monitoring chemical changes during food sterilisation using ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry”, J. W. Marshall, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, N. Schuetz, F. Moritz, C. Roullier-Gall, J. Uhl, et al. Food Chemistry 2018 Vol. 242 Pages 316-322. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.09.074
[2] Insights into the Chemistry of Non-Enzymatic Browning Reactions in Different Ribose-Amino Acid Model Systems, D. Hemmler, C. Roullier-Gall, J. W. Marshall, M. Rychlik, A. J. Taylor and P. Schmitt-Kopplin, Scientific Reports 2018 Vol. 8 Issue 1 Pages 16879, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34335-5
[3] Continuum of non-targeted data for long term study of complex samples generated by direct infusion ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry, S. E. Woodward, S. A. Pieczonka, J. Hertzog, R. Haydock, M. J. Thomas, C. Roullier-Gall, et al. Talanta 2025 Vol. 286 Pages 127514, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2024.127514
