BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hungarian
Ministry of Agriculture has selected Bruker's collaboration partner
Diagnosticum to implement a new program to authenticate and
identify Hungarian wines. Diagnosticum and Bruker will form the
Hungarian Wine Consortium and develop a Hungarian wine model based
on Bruker's NMR FoodScreener technology for rapid and
comprehensive wine-profiling. The model will be used to
authenticate and identify Hungarian wines, including the famous
Tokaji wines.
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Bruker's NMR FoodScreener acquires a "fingerprint"
specific to individual samples. This fingerprint contains a
wealth of information, ranging from the detailed chemical
composition of wines, to geographical origin including influence of
soil, to identification of wine variety and vintage. In
addition, this fingerprint analyzes the aging of the wine, and
identifies any form of adulteration. The test certificates
provide foreign and Hungarian traders with greater confidence in
the origin and quality of wines than ever before.
Hungarian wineries have two years to submit their samples and
participation is required. The program reflects a commitment
to strengthening the authenticity of Hungarian wines and improving
their position in a global market where consumers are becoming
increasingly wary of food and wine adulteration and fraud.
Dr. Ferenc Péterfy, President of
Diagnosticum stated: "The lab is ready, instruments are
installed, and we are excited to provide the technical expertise to
support this national program. Building the model for
Hungarian wines and validating their authenticity will increase
consumer confidence and trust in these wines on a worldwide
basis."
Dr. Iris Mangelshots, President
of Bruker BioSpin's Applied, Industrial & Clinical (AIC)
division, commented: "The establishment of a Hungarian Wine
Consortium is an exciting development and further evidence of
the concern wineries, traders and consumers alike have about fraud.
The selection of our NMR FoodScreener
wine-profiling method and the commitment to build a Hungarian wine
model demonstrates the increasing acceptance of rapid and
comprehensive NMR-based screening as a standard for authentication,
which is already established in other countries such as
Spain and Germany."
Wine Profiling by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) relies on the
acquisition of the spectroscopic fingerprint specific of each
individual sample. These metabolic profiles are compared to a
large database of authentic wine samples using a multivariate
statistical approach. This high-throughput technique provides
a wide range of information that is both targeted (quantification
of defined substances) and non-targeted (identifying deviations
from reference spectra). The Hungarian model will extend the
already existing database of Spanish, Italian, French, Chilean,
Austrian and German wines.
For more information:
www.bruker.com/products/mr/nmr/foodscreener
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