Revolutionary iTAG technology for the rapid, safe and direct determination of protein

• Very easy to use with no hazardous chemicals
• Ideal for protein analysis in food 
• Accurate protein test that does not depend on measuring all of the nitrogen in a sample
• AOAC or AACC approved

Bioscience meets food science with CEM’s new Sprint™ Rapid Protein Analyzer for fast, accurate protein testing. This patent-pending system, which uses iTAG protein-tagging technology, identifies and measures only protein, not nitrogen, so you can be certain your results are not affected by fillers or contaminants.
Sprint’s iTAG technology only tags the amino groups found in proteins. Fillers and other sources of non protein nitrogen (NPN) are just ignored. Traditional protein measurement techniques like Kjeldahl and combustion (Dumas) cannot tell if the nitrogen present came from protein or other components.

• Really easy to use
• Fast analysis of all types of food 
• No hazardous chemicals 
• Safer than Kjeldahl with better results 
• Method approved by AOAC and AACC

No Method Development
Sprint comes pre-programmed with a broad selection of methods ready for use in your laboratory. With its truly innovative software, loading a method and analyzing samples on your Sprint is no more complicated than finding a friend’s number on your cell phone.

Protein analysis performed with IR, FTIR or NIR spectroscopy requires that you purchase methods before you can begin analysis. Also, those methods require frequent re-calibration.

Ideal Applications for Sprint

• Dairy
• Protein in Milk, Fluid Milk, Buttermilk, Half and Half, Chocolate Drink, Non-fat Dry Milk, Ice Cream 
• Grains
• Cereal grains, oilseeds, legumes, forages, animal products, dairy products, and formulated feeds or foods 
• Meat
• Beef, Pork, Chicken, Turkey, Hot Dog, Pepperoni, Hard Salami, Summer Sausage, Ham

Sprint complies with these Official Methods; AOAC Method 967.12, AOAC Method 930.33, AOAC Method 930.29 and AACC Method 46-14B.

Clean Up is Easy
CCurrent protein analysis instrumentation requires frequent maintenance and cleaning. Sprint uses disposable sample cups and filters, which contain the sample completely. At the end of a test, the non-toxic sample waste, the disposable filter and cup are discarded.

If you are currently performing Kjeldahl, Udy dye binding or Combustion (Dumas) analysis you will love how easy clean-up is with Sprint. There are no hazardous substances used at all.

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