During wine making sulphur is used as an essential additive as it plays two important roles as an anti-oxidant (prevents enzymatic browning) and anti-microbial (protects against wine spoilage) preservative in its free form. It can have an inhibitory effect on all yeast strains especially ‘wild’ strains as well as effecting malolactic fermentation by MLF bacteria in high doses.  

Due to SO₂ becoming inactive when it binds with colour pigments of wine and the increased awareness of the effects of sulphites together with the prevalence of sulphite intolerance in some individuals, it has become valuable for wine makers to measure both the free and total SO_2.  For these reasons, legal limits have been set for maximum permitted levels of SO2 in wines.   See table below:

Naturally occurring levels of SO2 in wines are usually found around 10-20mg/L.  All wines containing sulphites greater than 10mg/L must have a statement added to the label making the consumer aware that sulphite in present. 

As a result, Randox Food Diagnostics has developed a test kit available for manual, semi-automated and automated analysers to test total sulphites in wine.  

Total sulphite benefits:

• Results within 6 minutes
• Sensitivity of 5mg/L
• Linear to a concentration of 500mg/L
• Excellent recovery across entire analytical range

Company Profile

Company profile Randox Food Diagnostics is an associate of Randox Laboratories who have 30 years’ experience in the diagnostic market and a devoted research and development team. Randox Food Diagnostics is a dedicated company responsible for the distribution of Randox drug residue kits, wine testing kits and analysers worldwide. 

For further information on our Total Sulphite (TSO₂) Assay or any of the Randox Food Diagnostics product range, please contact enquiries@randoxfooddiagnostics.com or visit http://www.randoxfooddiagnostics.com

It requires top-notch analysis to develop high quality, vintage wines – and Randox Food Diagnostics has perfected a state of the art, fully automated and cost-effective wine testing system ideally suited to the task.

The RX monaco delivers the following benefits:

• 170 wine tests per hour
• Fully automated analyzer with walk away capacity
• Minimizes contamination
• 24hr technical support
• Minimal daily maintenance
• Minimal technical expertise required
• Compact, bench top analyzer, also offered as floor standing unit
• 1 calibration per harvest

For information and ordering, contact: Krista Kelly (760) 805-8574 Email at: enquiries@randoxfooddiagnostics.com

Visit us at booth #214 6th-7th March Eastern Winery Exposition!

The epic harvest of 2012 requires top-notch analysis to develop high quality, vintage wines – and Randox Food Diagnostics has perfected a state of the art, fully automated and cost-effective wine testing system ideally suited to the task.

Developed for medium to large-sized wineries, the RX Monaco system can perform up to 170 analyses per hour with results beginning in less than 13 minutes. The Monaco test menu includes: acetic acid, copper, ammonia, ethanol, glucose/fructose, iron, lactic acid, malic acid, potassium, total antioxidant status (TAS) and total SO2. Available this June will be Citric Acid and NOPA.

Featuring easy-to-use Windows-based software, Monaco’s ground-breaking, remote access diagnostics allow for immediate support to existing systems, reducing downtime and the expense associated with timely call outs. Technical support is available 24/7 to any location around the globe.

The Monaco system features 120 reusable optical plastic cuvettes, which are automatically washed through 12-step cleaning program to minimize contamination and reduce consumable costs. In addition, cooled reagent and sample carousels ensure that reagent controls and calibrators can be stored on board the analyzer for ease of inventory management without compromising stability.

The RX Monaco is an efficient, cost-effective upgrade to a fully automated analyzer that can be easily integrated into any winery setting, with options for both floor standing and bench top units to maximize space.

With more than 30 years in the food & beverage diagnostics industry, Randox research and development specialists produced the innovative RX Monaco as the ultimate solution for wineries in terms of cost containment, convenience and performance.

Contact Information

For information and ordering, contact:
Krista Kelly
(760) 805-8574
Email at: enquiries@randoxfooddiagnostics.com

Visit us at Oregon Wine Industry today and tomorrow, booth #216!

Visit Randox Food Diagnostics at booth #401 at TWGGA this week.

Speak to one of our wine representatives for further info on our wine kits and wine testing analysers!

Place your first order with us here at Unified Wine & Grape Symposium and you will get 10% off kits & instruments by using the provided code!

Code: Unified201

Visit us at booth #503 at Unified Wine and Grape Symposium

Contact enquiries@randoxfooddiagnostics.com to arrange a meeting with one of our representatives

For further information on our wine testing analysers and to view our customer testimonials visit:

http://www.randoxfooddiagnostics.com/Content/useruploads/brochures/LT415RFD.pdf

Randox Food Diagnostics wine and beverage testing kits are compatible to use on multiple analysers as well as our own RX series. Dedicated procedure sheets are available to download from the menu below.

http://www.randoxfooddiagnostics.com/ifu

Randox Food Diagnostics are now offering the RX Monza starter package for wine, beverage and fermentation industries. The RX Monza is a compact semi-automated analyser for use in testing wine. It is ideally suited as a point of call for first time testing within the wine and beverage industry. Performing tests is easy and straight forward with simple procedures and on-board step by step instructions, making this high performance analyser suited to any levels of experience or expertise.

The RX Monza is ideally placed as an independent stand-alone bench top analyser with extensive quality control functions and high performance characteristics or as a back-up system in larg­er wine testing facilities. The starter package offered by Randox Food Diagnostics includes the RX Monza analyser and service kit along with the RX Monza incubator, free test kit of choice, training and installation, pipettes and pipette tips. The starter package was developed to specifically reduce costs and provide a smooth transition for wineries bringing enzymatic test­ing in-house. Quality has never been more important and having the ability to easily and efficiently test wines throughout the pro­duction process is a must. The RX Monza makes that possible and is changing the way winemakers are gathering information and ultimately ensuring the quality of the wines they produce.

Wine kits available from Randox Food Diagnostics include Acetic acid, Ammonia, Copper, Ethanol, Glucose/Fructose, Lactic acid, Malic acid, Iron, Potassium, TAS and Total S02. Wine testing applications are available for use on multiple analysers such as Chemwell, Hitachi, Konelab, Advia, Konelab and Cobas Mira.

For further information on the RX monza starter package or any of our wine testing products, please visit www.randoxfooddiagnostics.com or email enquiries@randoxfooddiagnostics.com

Randox Food Diagnostics are pleased to release the RX monaco analyser – a fully automated solution for high quality wine testing. The RX monaco is a cost effective solution for medium to large sized wineries offering the ultimate in convenience, performance and confidence.

Randox Food Diagnostics is a dedicated supplier of high performance diagnostics kits for the wine, beverage and fermentation industries. Quality control before, during and after the production process in food and beverage manufacture is vitally important, using our kits to monitor this process will ensure cost effective production of high quality products.

The RX monaco can be easily integrated into any winery setting, with the option of a floor standing unit if bench top is limited.

Benefits include:

• Capable of 170 wine tests per hour
• Compact, bench top analyser, also offered as floor standing unit
• STAT Sampling
• Consolidation of a wide range of tests resulting in improved laboratory efficiency and cost savings
• Minimal daily maintenance
• One year’s manufacturer’s warranty
• On board refrigeration of reagents plus extended stability ensures less wastage

Wine kits available from Randox Food Diagnostics include Acetic acid, Ammonia, Ethanol, Glucose/Fructose, Lactic acid, Malic acid, Iron, Potassium, TAS and Total S02. Wine testing applications are available for use on multiple analysers such as Chemwell, Hitachi, Konelab, Advia and Cobas Mira.

For further information on the RX monaco or any of our wine testing products, please visit www.randoxfooddiagnostics.com or email enquiries@randoxfooddiagnostics.com

The RX monaco is a fully automated, cost effective solution for medium to large sized wineries offering the ultimate in convenience, performance and confidence. 

At optimal configuration, the RX monaco performs 170 wine samples per hour providing cost effective, high quality testing for small and medium laboratories. 

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Test Kit Features: 

• Extended stability ensures less wastage
• Applications for most manual, semi-automated and automated analysers
• Few components for ease-of-use and rapid handling
• Durable, accurate and economical wine testing instruments
• Beverage products can be analysed directly without pre-treatment.

Wine / Beverage testing kits available

- Acetic Acid: AT2654/AT7304

- Ammonia: AM1015/AM1054

- Potassium: PT3852

- Copper: CU2340

- Ethanol: DA4015

- Glucose/Fructose: GF2635

- TAS: NX2332

- Iron: SI257

- Lactic Acid: LC2653

- Malic Acid: ML2634

- Total SO2: TS4051

Randox Food Diagnostics Copper and Potassium kits now available for the wine industry.

Contact enquiries@randoxfooddiagnostics.com for further details or visit www.randoxfooddiagnostics.com

Monza starter package available. Includes analyser, kit of choice, incubator, pipettes, pipette tips and full training.

View our website for more details.  http://www.randoxfooddiagnostics.com/Content/useruploads/brochures/LT402%20RX%20monza%20starter.pdf

The Randox Food Diagnostics enzymatic ethanol assay incorporates a rapid enzymatic based method of detection which is highly specific yet straightforward. The kit will provide considerable time saving benefits with results obtained in seven minutes with minimal training required.

For further information download http://www.randoxfooddiagnostics.com/Content/useruploads/brochures/lt264.pdf or contact us on enquiries@randoxfooddiagnostics.com

Randox Food Diagnostics can now provide winemakers with a wide range of separate kit components providing cost effective solutions to the smaller testing laboratory. Making your own home brewed reagents is simple and straightforward with the following highly stable and specific enzymes.

Visit http://www.randoxfooddiagnostics.com/Content/useruploads/brochures/lt329.pdf for further details or contact enquiries@randoxfooddiagnostics.com

We have developed the Randox Food Diagnostics wine calculation to assist you further in calculating the concentration of analyte from raw absorbance data.

Visit http://www.randoxfooddiagnostics.com/food-wine-analysis for further information.

Now available from Randox Food Diagnostics:

• Iron
• Copper
• Potassium

For further information please contact enquiries@randoxfooddiagnostics.com

What is the RX Monza?

The RX Monza is a compact, semi-automated, clinical chemistry analyser which can also be used for food, wine and beverage testing. It enables rapid and frequent monitoring of the production precess and quality control of raw materials and finished products.

Features of the RX Monza include:

Easy to use system complete with up to date hardware and software features

Large test menu

Requires little maintenance

192 open channels

Dedicated RX support team

Available tests include Ammonia, Acetic Acid, Ethanol, Glucose/Fructose, Lactic Acid, Malic Acid, Potassium and Total Antioxidant Status. Tests currently in development inlcude NOPA, Iron, Free + Total S02, Tartaric Acid and Citric Acid.

For further information please visit our website http://www.randoxfooddiagnostics.com or email enquiries@randoxfooddiagnostics.com

Antioxidants present in red wine, tea, fruit juices and other beverages are known to give cardio-protective effect. The Randox Food Diagnostics Total Antioxidant Status (TAS) kit provides beverage companies with a useful tool to evaluate the phenolic content of their products by measurement of its antioxidant activity.   The variation in phenolic composition is thought to account for the flavour, taste, colour and odour of different beverages.

Research shows levels of TAS are heavily present in red wine followed by tea, whilst other beverages indicating significant levels of antioxidants include cranberry juice, apple juice and coffee.

The Total Antioxidant Status (TAS) kit from Randox Food Diagnostics is suitable for both manual and automated analysers and offers a cost effective and quantitative assessment of a beverage’s phenolic content by way of antioxidant activity.

TAS Benefits:

• Monitor impact manufacturing practises have on TAS levels
• Improve sensory characteristics of products
• Enhance stability of products
• Results within 3 minutes
• No interference from SO₂ and acetaldehyde addition to bases wines
• Suitable for manual use or for automation on a range of analysers
• Linearity of 2.5mmol/L

Company Profile

Randox Food Diagnostics is an associate of Randox Laboratories who have 30 years experience in the diagnostic market and a devoted research and development team. We provide a range of excellent tools for screening for antimicrobials, growth promoting hormones and drugs of abuse in animals and foodstuffs, as well as our dedicated testing kits

for the wine and beverage markets.  Quality control before, during and after the production process in food and beverage manufacture is vitally important, using our kits to monitor this process will ensure cost effective production of high quality products.

For further information on our wine and beverage products please contact enquiries@randoxfooddiagnostics.com or visit http://www.randoxfooddiagnostics.com

Visit our booth # 1022 at Wineries Unlimited for further details on our wine and beverage testing kits.