Animal Feeds and Foods

EDXRF provides a comprehensive solution for the elemental analysis of premixes, finished feeds, and silages, offering a simple, non-destructive, and cost-effective alternative to traditional methods. Whether monitoring nutrient levels, ensuring toxic metal concentrations are below regulatory limits, or conducting quality control checks, EDXRF can help you achieve your analytical goals.

With our EDXRF solutions, you can achieve real-time monitoring of incoming materials, at-line production control, and positive release testing of finished products, ensuring the quality and safety of your animal feed and food products.

Animal feed with NEX Series EDXRF elemental analyzers for analysis of premixes, finished feeds, and silages.

Why choose EDXRF?

Benchtop solutions for animal feed and food applications

Our EDXRF benchtops make analysis quick and easy, even for demanding trace measurements. Other techniques used, like ICP and AAS, can be costly and time-consuming, challenging if you are operating within budget constraints or need results quickly. Our systems deliver elemental composition data in minutes and do not need ongoing allocations for expensive consumables and maintenance. Here are some advantages that our systems provide:

  • Rapid, non-destructive elemental analysis
  • Multi-element capabilities, from ultra-low concentrations to percent levels
  • Measurement of all elements from sodium (Na) to uranium (U)
  • Analysis without standards using RPF-SQX Fundamental Parameters
  • Multi-application versatility, including raw materials, premixes, and finished feeds and forages
  • Easy sample preparation, lower cost per sample compared to other techniques
  • Simple operation with intuitive software, even for non-technical personnel
  • Low cost of ownership, self-installed and maintained
Rigaku NEX Series benchtop EDXRF elemental analyzers, including NEX CG II Series, NEX DE Series, and NEX QC Series.

Advanced Fundamental Parameters Software

Advanced qualitative and quantitative analysis is powered by our RPF-SQX FP software, featuring Rigaku Profile Fitting (RPF) technology and Scattering FP. This software allows semi-quantitative analysis of almost all sample types without standards and rigorous quantitative analysis with standards. Scattering FP automatically estimates the concentration of unmeasurable low atomic number elements (hydrogen to fluorine) and provides appropriate corrections.

Given at least one sample with known concentrations from a referee technique, the software allows you to quickly and easily create a Matching Library. This feature changes the analysis from semi-quant to fully quantitative, tuning your XRF to your specific analysis needs.

Calibration standards can be expensive and difficult to obtain. With RPF-SQX, the number of required standards is greatly reduced. This option significantly lowers the cost of ownership and reduces your workload requirements.

Rigaku RPF-SQX Fundamental Parameters - FP Method. Using this software, the number of required calibrations is greatly reduced.

Application examples

Explore our application examples to see if our solutions can benefit your analysis needs.

Straw with element of interest, iron. Read EDXRF App Note 1425 NEX QC – Analysis of Iron in Straw.
EDXRF1425 NEX QC – Analysis of Iron in Straw
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Grass silage, person feeding cattle. Read EDXRF App Note 1552 NEX QC+ - Nutrients in Grass Silage.
EDXRF1552 NEX QC+ - Nutrients in Grass Silage
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Animal feed with chickens. Read EDXRF App Note 1279 Legacy NEX CG – Analysis of Animal Feeds.
EDXRF1279 Legacy NEX CG – Analysis of Animal Feeds
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Solutions for animal feed and food analysis

For easy, routine analysis NEX QC Series

Recommended when you need an affordable system for identifying and quantifying the elemental composition of your materials. These compact systems offer exceptional value for analyzing a wide range of sample types. They are designed for ease of use, even for non-technical operators.

Rigaku NEX QC Series, benchtop EDXRF elemental analyzers.

For quick, high-performance results NEX DE Series

Recommended when you need expanded analytical capabilities, including higher sample batch throughput or enhanced performance for measurement of higher atomic number elements. These systems provide quick elemental identification, screening, and characterization of your samples. RPF-SQX Fundamental Parameters featuring Rigaku Profile Fitting and Scattering FP are available with these systems.

Rigaku NEX DE Series benchtop EDXRF elemental analyzer with a desktop computer.

For challenging and complex applications NEX CG II Series

Recommended when you require higher power and increased sensitivity. These systems are ideal for ultra-low and trace-level performance or complex applications with trace elements and variable base matrices. RPF-SQX Fundamental Parameters featuring Rigaku Profile Fitting and Scattering FP are available with these systems.

Rigaku NEX CG II Series benchtop EDXRF elemental analyzer with a desktop computer.

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