US-based manufacturer of quality flow analysers Astoria-Pacific International has launched an updated version of its Tobacco Analyser. The chemical analysis system that can test a variety of tobacco constituents simultaneously, including total reducing sugars, reducing sugars, nicotine, nitrate, chloride. HCN in smoke, O-phos, and ammonia levels, has been equipped with new components, such as digital detectors, higher capacity pump. etc to allow for more analyses with less equipment and space, the manufacturer explains. With the introduction of its new six-channel, multi-analysis detector, new powerful data-acquisition software, versatile, high capacity samplers and complementary reagent kits, the Tobacco Analyser can provide reliable, repeatable, and extremely accurate reports of product quality at various stages of tobacco processing and manufacture, Astoria-Pacific claims.