From homes to hospitals and everywhere in between, demand has been exceeding supply for high quality, alcohol-based, hand sanitiser for several weeks and this once novel ‘extra’, is playing a vital role in curbing the spread of COVID-19.

Many brewers and distilleries have turned their facilities and expertise to the production of hand sanitiser in order to meet the increased demand.  James Hutton Limited is pleased to be able to offer an accurate screening method for manufacturers of alcohol-based sanitisers which will ensure that Ethanol and Isopropyl Alcohol content meets the requirements for approved formulations.

The service is being offered free of charge for the next six weeks.  Anyone interested in taking up the analysis should contact us for further information, sampling instructions and turnaround.

The service will be delivered by analysts from the James Hutton Institute laboratories in Aberdeen, using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), a versatile analytical technique capable of providing a chemical fingerprint for a wide range of inorganic and organic samples. Most commonly utilised by oil and gas and manufacturing sectors, FTIR can generally be applied on many samples from many different industries and it excels at tackling ‘problem samples’, identifying unknowns or confirming identification based on a reference material.