Food & nutrition

News and Updates

Suite of NIST Reference Materials Reflects Supply Chain and Production Stages of Ginseng Supplements

January 25, 2022

Three NIST reference materials of ginseng in different forms support ginseng supplement manufacturers’ analysis of the authenticity and purity of their products

NIST Food Nutrition and Safety Quality Assurance Program Launches New Exercise

January 21, 2022

The second exercise of the NIST Food Nutrition and Safety Quality Assurance Program (FNSQAP) is underway. FNSQAP helps food laboratories demonstrate measurement

NIST Quality Assurance Program for Dietary Supplement Measurements Open for Registration

January 21, 2022

NIST has revitalized the Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program (DSQAP) to support the measurement needs of the dietary supplement testing

Projects and Programs

Classification Methods for the NIST Biorepository

Ongoing

We aim to identify chemometric fingerprints using artificial intelligence methods that reflect the temporal and geographic history of seabirds, and by extension

Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program

Ongoing

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid)

Ongoing

The "first-of-its-kind" in an entirely new class of reference material, NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid) is now available! The PS

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NIST Food Safety Program

Ongoing

A multi-disciplinary team is helping to ensure food safety and authenticity.

Publications

Value Assignment of Reference Material 8404 Almond Flour for Allergen Detection

January 21, 2022

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips, David M. Bunk, Ashley Beasley Green, James H. Yen

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released RM 8404 Almond Flour for Allergen Detection, which is intended for harmonizing

Value Assignment of Reference Material 8405 Hazelnut Flour for Allergen Detection

January 21, 2022

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips, David M. Bunk, Ashley Beasley Green, James H. Yen

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released RM 8405 Hazelnut Flour for Allergen Detection, which is intended for harmonizing

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 17g: Sucrose Optical Rotation

January 12, 2022

Author(s)

Michael Nelson, Jerome Mulloor, Brian Lang, Masaaki Ishikawa, Yoshiro Kondo, Blaza Toman

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 2386 Avocado Powder

October 20, 2021

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips, Laura J. Wood, George Caceres, Grace Hahm, Karen E. Murphy, Rick L. Paul, Benjamin Place, James H. Yen

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released SRM 2386 Avocado Powder which has value assignment for over 70 analytes. This