Organic Acids Analysis

Organic Acids Analysis

Designed for food and beverage manufacturers, Waters organic acids analysis solutions help you overcome the challenges of detecting polar compounds. Our advanced chromatography and easy-to-use mass spectrometry systems ensure product quality, authenticity, and consistency, providing reliable data for confident decision-making and protecting your brand’s integrity.

Designed for food and beverage manufacturers, Waters organic acids analysis solutions help you overcome the challenges of detecting polar compounds. Our advanced chromatography and easy-to-use mass spectrometry systems ensure product quality, authenticity, and consistency, providing reliable data for confident decision-making and protecting your brand’s integrity.
Achieve accurate evaluation of quality, authenticity, and batch-to-batch consistency in food and beverage products with Waters organic acids testing solutions.
Achieve accurate evaluation of quality, authenticity, and batch-to-batch consistency in food and beverage products with Waters organic acids testing solutions.

Overview

Organic acids play a key role in food or beverages as acidulants, flavorings, and preservatives. Ensuring their accurate analysis is crucial for maintaining product quality, authenticity, and consistency. However, their polar nature presents challenges with both ion chromatography and reversed-phase chromatography with traditional C18 columns. Furthermore, the detection and the peak shape of some organic acids can be compromised by their interaction with surfaces of the analytical flow path. Waters organic acids analysis solution is designed to overcome these challenges, helping you efficiently analyze organic acids while delivering reliable data to ensure product authenticity and consistency.

Applications

The analysis of organic acids can be challenging given the difficulty of separating complex beverage samples. Learn how Waters overcomes organic acids testing challenges by helping scientists achieve highly sensitive and selective detection with fast analysis times in these application notes.

The analysis of organic acids can be challenging given the difficulty of separating complex beverage samples. Learn how Waters overcomes organic acids testing challenges by helping scientists achieve highly sensitive and selective detection with fast analysis times in these application notes.

Application Notes

Application Notes

Application Notebook: Food and Beverage Quality Control and Compositional Testing

This application notebook compiles the latest application notes from Waters scientists, providing valuable resources for accurate and reliable analysis of sugar substitutes, sugars, vitamins, organic acids, and amino acids. Each method is developed to support your efforts in achieving consistent and dependable results in your analyses.

This application notebook compiles the latest application notes from Waters scientists, providing valuable resources for accurate and reliable analysis of sugar substitutes, sugars, vitamins, organic acids, and amino acids. Each method is developed to support your efforts in achieving consistent and dependable results in your analyses.
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Solutions

With Waters systems, characterize organic acids in less time and with greater confidence.

With Waters systems, characterize organic acids in less time and with greater confidence.

The next evolution in separation science is here 

The next evolution in separation science is here 
ACQUITY Premier System

Reduce variability and improve sensitivity in results by eliminating  analyte losses from metal interactions with the ACQUITY Premier System and its MaxPeak High Performance Surfaces technology. It avoids the need for lengthy passivation and conditioning, making method set-up more efficient. 

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See clearly and consistently, with confidence

See clearly and consistently, with confidence
Arc Premier LC System

Reduce non-specific adsorption from metal interactions in HPLC and UPLC applications and obtain higher quality results from the very first injection, reliably and easily with the Arc Premier System.

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Performance that advances your lab

Performance that advances your lab
ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System

Choose between quaternary or binary solvent blending with the advanced performance of the ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System, designed to improve workflow efficiency with reduced solvent consumption and shorter run time.

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Highly reliable, low complexity, accurate routine analysis for all

Highly reliable, low complexity, accurate routine analysis for all
Arc HPLC System

Confidently meet your product testing requirements with the Arc HPLC System, delivering high-quality data while It elevating the performance of your existing LC methods, all without compromising  data quality. 

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Separate beyond question with the power of mass detection

Separate beyond question with the power of mass detection
ACQUITY QDa II Mass Detector

Obtain the selectivity of mass detection in a compact design with the ACQUITY QDa II Mass Detector. Its selected ion recording (SIR) acquisition reduces the impact of co-eluting matrix components, leading to simpler chromatograms, lower detection limits, and greater method flexibility to test a variety of food and beverage products.

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Obtain additional analytical detail about your samples

Obtain additional analytical detail about your samples
Chromatography Detectors

Address your liquid chromatography (LC) detection challenges with Waters comprehensive portfolio of LC detectors, designed for exceptional, sensitivity, stability, and ease of use.

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Waters software streamlines data acquisition, processing, and reporting organic acids analysis results.

Waters software streamlines data acquisition, processing, and reporting organic acids analysis results.

Simplify data acquisition, processing, and reporting

Simplify data acquisition, processing, and reporting
Empower Chromatography Data System (CDS)

Empower Chromatography Data System (CDS) offers configurable interfaces and an intuitive design, allowing users of all experience levels to generate reliable results. The ACQUITY QDa II is fully compatible with Empower, seamlessly integrating mass detection into your testing workflow without the need for an additional CDS.

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Workflow solutions for organic acids testing for fast, efficient, and accurate analysis.

Workflow solutions for organic acids testing for fast, efficient, and accurate analysis.

Next-generation hybrid particle and surface technology for increased polar analyte retention

Next-generation hybrid particle and surface technology for increased polar analyte retention
Atlantis Premier Columns

Achieve superior polar compound retention with the hybrid particle technology in Atlantis Premier BEH C18 AX and the BEH Z-HILIC Columns, reversed-phase, anion-exchanged, mixed-mode, and zwitterionic columns that are the next evolution of columns in the Atlantis family. 

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Maximize lab efficiency with fewer failed assays and lower instrument downtime

Maximize lab efficiency with fewer failed assays and lower instrument downtime
Standard and Certified HPLC Sample Vials

Increase operational success and reduce failed assays with Waters glass and plastic autosampler vials and high sample recovery vials that are certified and tested by HPLC, GC, and MS.

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Achieve testing efficiencies and accurate results using streamlined Waters services and support.

Achieve testing efficiencies and accurate results using streamlined Waters services and support.

Your success is just a click away

Your success is just a click away
Waters Global Services

Optimize your laboratory's productivity and success with Waters Global Services. Maintain peak system performance, minimize downtime, address application challenges, and support stringent compliance requirements.

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Make science more accessible 

Make science more accessible 
Payment Solutions

Maximize resources and minimize risk with payment options from Waters Capital, including upgrading aging equipment, getting customized support, and bundling services into one monthly payment.

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The data speaks for itself

The data speaks for itself
LC-MS data that demonstrates improvement in peak area of citric acid using the ACQUITY Premier System and Column compared to standard system and column.
Overlaid SIR chromatogram demonstrating highly selective detection of low-level organic acids in diluted pomegranate juice using the Atlantis Premier BEH C18 AX column and the ACQUITY QDa Mass Detector. The insert shows enlarged chromatograms of the organic acids with baseline offset.
Fifteen (15) organic acid standards are baseline separated within 7 minutes using the Atlantis Premier BEH C18 AX column and the ACQUITY QDa Mass Detector. Peaks ID: 1. Lactic acid; 2. Malic acid; 3. Ascorbic acid; 4. Quinic acid; 5. Succinic acid; 6. Tartaric acid; 7. Isocitric acid; 8. Malonic acid; 9. Glutaric acid; 10. Citric acid; 11. Fumaric acid; 12. cis-Aconitic acid; 13. Adipic acid; 14. Shikimic acid; 15. Maleic acid.
Organic acids analysis of red wine sample using the ACQUITY Premier CSH Phenyl-Hexyl Column and the ACQUITY QDa Mass Detector. The SIR provides greater selectivity than UV-Vis, reducing the impact of matrix interferences allowing for the detection and easier integration of low-level organic acids in the red wine samples.

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Chromatography Data System Solutions for the Food Industry

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Learn more about Organic Acids Analysis Solutions.

Learn more about Organic Acids Analysis Solutions.
Achieve accurate evaluation of quality, authenticity, and batch-to-batch consistency in food and beverage products with Waters organic acids testing solutions.
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