Food chemistry institute of the Federal Association of the German Confectionery Industry

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The Food Chemistry Institute of the Federal Association of the German Confectionery Industry (LCI) is a scientific institution of the Federal Association of the German Confectionery Industry . Here, confectionery-specific issues in the areas of food safety , food quality and analysis are dealt with. The basis of the work is applied food chemistry , specializing in the various product groups and issues from the entire confectionery sector .

The main research areas of the LCI include scientific work and studies in the areas of risk analysis, crisis management and the initiation, planning and implementation of research projects, especially in cooperation with the Foundation of the German Cocoa and Chocolate Industry . The LCI is currently working intensively on the research areas of polyphenols , trans fatty acids , 3-MCPD esters and glycidyl esters as well as MOSH / MOAH mineral oil entries, acrylamide and mycotoxins .

The institute was founded in 1950. The LCI has been accredited according to DIN EN ISO 17025 since February 2005. The accreditation applies to the analysis of foodstuffs using the test methods gas chromatography (GC), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS / MS).

Institute director and director is Dr. Frank Heckel

literature

  • Federal Association of the German Confectionery Industry eV (ed.): Who and Was: Confectionery Industry , BEHR's Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-95468-050-4 .
  • Reinhard Matissek, Werner Baltes : Lebensmittelchemie , 8th edition, Springer-Spektrum Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-662-47111-1 .
  • Reinhard Matissek, Gabriele Steiner, Markus Fischer: Food Analysis , 5th Edition, Springer-Spektrum Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-34828-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anniversary book "LCI Compendium - 1950 to Today" , requested on September 2, 2010.
  2. ↑ Accreditation certificate (PDF; 20 kB) , requested on January 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ Frank Heckel becomes the new head of the LCI Cologne Communication from the Food Chemistry Institute. Retrieved July 27, 2019