Food Chemistry
EMSL Analytical, Inc offers a wide array of Food Chemistry Analysis. Standard turnaround rates and expedited rates are available for many tests. Please contact EMSL for special testing requirements or additional test parameter requests.
Nutritional Analysis & Labeling
• Mandatory NLEA Analysis
• Chain Restaurant Packages
• Compliance Testing of Key Ingredients
• Nutritional Database Approach
• Pet Food Packages
Proximate Testing
• Moisture / Solids / Loss on Drying
• Protein
• Fat
• Ash (Gravimetric – Muffle Furnace)
• Carbohydrates by Difference
• Calories
• Total Dietary Fiber
• Crude Fiber
Minerals Testing
• Nutritional Minerals
• Trace Minerals
Metals Testing
• Lead & Heavy Metals
Vitamins Testing
• Vitamin A (as Retinol)
• Vitamin C (by HPLC)
Traditional Wet Chemistry
• Titratable Acidity
• Salt (Potentiometric Argentometric Titration)
• Rancidity of Fats
Color Analysis
• Hunter L.a.b.
• ICUMSA
• Lovibond
Organic Acids (HPLC)
Contaminant Identification
• Foreign Materials Identification
• Multi-residue Pesticide Analysis
• Artificial Colors
• Mycotoxins (Aflatoxin, D.O.N., Zearalenone, etc.)
• Allergens (by E.L.I.S.A.)
• Filth
Packaging Analysis
• Oxygen / Vapor Transmission Rate
• Shelf Life Studies