Beer specialist analysis
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We offer many services that look at the flavour and quality of products and their ingredients, including, sugar profiles, fatty acids, Tristimulus and flavour volatiles.
We have state of the art facilities for the analysis of sulphur volatiles (including MBT), semi volatiles and heterocyclics. Included in our sulphur volatiles screen is MBT, the chemical responsible for the lightstruck taint.
Health and nutrition
Analyses are available which can be used in labelling or related to nutrition. These include vitamins, salts, metals, energy and alcohol.
Propylene Glycol
Propylene glycol is used as a sweetener in alcoholic drinks in some countries but is not permitted in other countries. We can analyse for the presence / absence of propylene glycol in beer and other alcoholic beverages.
Taint and flavour defects
GC-MS and volatiles analysis are used to support sensory panel results in providing diagnosis and solutions.
Sulphur fingerprinting
Sulphur compounds are an integral part of beer flavour. Some of them are essential to create a balanced product, others are often regarded as detrimental. We have developed inert and sensitive extraction processes which, combined with selective separation and detection techniques, can monitor most of the highly volatile compounds (hydrogen sulphide, DMS, methanethiol etc.) and also the less volatile compounds like the thiazoles and thiophenes.
We can provide a sulphur fingerprint (10-20 components), compare the sulphur profile of different brands or monitor the sulphur profile while beer ages. This service helps with product matching, development of new products and assessment of new raw materials or processes.
Other analysis and testing services we offer include:
Key services
Beer, spirits and alcoholic beverage services
We are the UK's leading centre for brewing research, analysis and testing
Beer, barley and malt analysis
Standard analyses and due diligence analyses for beer, malt and barley
New product development for spirit based drinks
We can help you develop new products from concept to final formulation
Protecting your brand
When you have developed a good product, you will want to protect it from imitation
Submit a sample
For guidance on how and where to send samples, please see our sample guidance page
Brewing training courses
Explore our brewing related courses including; Brewing – an introduction and HACCP for craft brewers
Where we refer to UKAS Accreditation
The Campden BRI group companies listed below are accredited in accordance with the recognised International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The accreditation demonstrates technical competence for a defined scope of methods, specific to each site, as detailed in the schedules of accreditation bearing the testing laboratory number. The schedules may be revised from time to time and reissued by UKAS. The most recent issue of the schedules are available from the UKAS website www.ukas.com. Campden BRI (Chipping Campden) Limited is a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 1079