Keith Belk

Keith Belk, PhD

Dr. Keith Belk is the Director of Eurofins’ Advanced Learning Institute and Professor and Holder of the Monfort Endowed Chair, Center for Meat Safety & Quality, Colorado State University (CSU), and as an Adjunct Professor in the Colorado School of Public Health. Previously, he served as Professor and Head of the Department of Animal Sciences at CSU. He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from CSU, and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He currently serves in a consulting role as the Director of Education for Eurofins Rapid Microbiology Laboratories, LLC. Dr. Belk is also a member of the International Committee for the National Western Stock Show, the Board of Directors for the International Stockmen’s Educational Foundation, on the Academic Advisory Committee for the Meat Institute Protein PACT, and on the technical advisory committees for Sustainable Beef, JBS, Colorado Premium Foods, and Hawkins.

Below are resources from Dr. Keith Belk:

Industry Growth of Reduced-Sugar Products

New options for sweetening low-sugar foods have entered the market. Testing of sweetener ingredients and the finished product is key.

Keywords: Blog Potency ID & Purity Food Ingredients

Plant-Based Vitamin Sources: Challenges and Innovations

While many vitamins are traditionally sourced from animal products, plant-based vitamin sources are a growing trend. Learn more about this new trend and what this means in regard to testing your products.

Keywords: Blog Nutritional Food Supplements Ingredients Potency Vitamins

Trends in Candies - Vitamins, Minerals, and Botanicals Oh My!

Candies can now give you more than a sugar rush. Functional chocolates also have vitamins, minerals, and botanicals and with that means the need for suitable validated methods to verify claims. Eurofins is your partner is all challenging vitamin, mineral, and botanical testing in finished products and raw materials.

Keywords: Blog Nutritional Potency Supplements Food Ingredients

Hemp Potency Method: Eurofins Developed Method Awarded AOAC Method of the Year 2021

Eurofins is proud to announce that our method for determining potency in hemp has been approved and validated by the AOAC.

Keywords: News ID & Purity Hemp & CBD Potency AOAC

New Method for Low-level Cannabinoid Quantification

Eurofins has completed the development and validation of a ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) method for low-level quantification in CBD isolate matrices.

Keywords: Blog ID & Purity Hemp & CBD LC/MS Potency Cannabinoids