Accurate measurement of essential oils from New Zealand manuka and kanuka plants
Oil extracted from Manuka plants harvested from the East Cape of New Zealand is high in natural β-triketones. The Sagitto system provides Manuka Biologicals Ltd with a rapid and accurate way of grading their oils.
Manuka essential oil has a very diverse chemical makeup. Some of the very important compounds that make up the composition of the essential oil are known as β-triketones. These β-triketones correlate very strongly to the Gram-positive antimicrobial efficacy of the oil, and vary significantly around NZ’s natural population of this species. Testing each batch becomes essential to maintain consistent product quality.
"In conjunction with Sagitto we have been able to develop a model based on machine learning to rapidly determine this MBTK level during production or as part of our R&D, on very small sample quantities. This allows us to rapidly and accurately grade production oils and direct them to appropriate stock grade allocations within a few minutes, to maximise our sales revenues." Dr Wayne Campbell, Manuka Biologicals Ltd
Dr Campbell testing manuka oil with his Sagitto spectrometer
Customer
Manuka Biologicals
Website
https://manukabiologicals.co.nz/
Industry
Essential Oils
Employees
24
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