How many hours do you wait to get results from malolactic conversion (ML) using paper chromatography? 

Eight hours if you’re lucky, or twelve.  

Imagine not using paper chromatography, completely avoiding having to suit up with PPE to prevent breathing in formic acid and butanol fumes and not having to decipher hieroglyphic acid runs. What if you could get your answers in a handful of minutes instead, while you could focus on other tasks? 

Luckily Admeo’s automated laboratory instruments facilitate the testing for ML. This has several crucial benefits for wineries and laboratories, including accuracy from direct measurement, rapid results, cost savings, and time savings. The SPICA, Y200 and Y400 are all excellent automated options to consider for testing ML from Admeo’s partners at BioSystems.  

Human error can be a factor when conducting manual tests and automated instruments perform precise measurements and analyses. Increased efficiency from simultaneous testing of malic acid, lactic acid, acetic acid, glucose-fructose and sulfites can lead to cost and quality savings by examining all factors influencing successful ML conversion.  

Automated ML testing enables real-time quantitative monitoring and control. These instruments can provide continuous data on the progression of malolactic conversion, enabling immediate adjustments, if necessary. This level of control is invaluable for optimizing the ML process and ensuring that it proceeds as desired, resulting in wines with the intended flavor profile and stability.  

Beyond this, consistency in ML testing ensures that each bottle of wine produced adheres to the winery's desired characteristics, contributing to brand reputation and customer satisfaction. 

Please send us a message today, we’d love to hear how we can help you automate your laboratory!  

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