Food Testing Services
Food Laboratory at ATRL meets the requirements of a modern sophisticated food analysis laboratory. At ATRL we look at various aspects of food testing that includes safety and quality.
Food products tested range from Raw material to finished products. For this ATRL dedicated professionals are in process of continuous research for each and every food item.
Following are the range of food products tested in our laboratory:
- Milk and dairy products
- Spices and Condiments
- Raw and processed fruits and vegetables
- Cereals and pulses
- Sugar and confectionery
- Food additives
- Vegetable oils and fats
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
- Meat and meat products
- Egg and poultry products
- Food packaging materials
- Marine products
- Beverages including alcoholic
- Fruit juices & concentrates & related products
- Namkeen
- Tea and Coffee
- Nuts and Nut products
- Ready to eat product
In order to ensure right quality of food products, following are the parameters testing facility available in laboratory.
- Insect damaged matter
- Extraneous matter
- Foreign edible seeds
- Moisture
- Ash
- Acid insoluble Ash
- Volatile Oil
- Non-volatile ether extract
- Crude fiber
- Starch
- Cold water Soluble extract
- Test for lead chromate
- Calcium
- Protein
- Energy
- Carbohydrate
- Curcumin content
- Floral waste
- Total Nitrogen
- Alcoholic extract
- Light Berry
- Total solids
- Salt
- Acidity
- Total Ash
- Solid Not Fat
- Sucrose
- Test for Cane sugar
- Chlorides
- pH Value
- Lactose
- Test for Neutralizer
- Rosalic acid
- Carbonates
- Test for Alkalinity of Ash
- Starch
- Urea
- Benzoic acid
- Test for Boric acid or Borax
- Hydrogen Peroxide
- Hypochlorite
- Peroxide value
- Free Fatty Acid
- Saponification value
- Aflatoxin
- Ochra Toxin
- Occuring Subsatance
- Unsaponifiable Matter
- Melting Point
- Butyro Refractometer Reading
- Moisture and Volatile percentage
- Insoluble Impurities
- Acid Value
- Un-saponifiable matter
- Butyro Refractometer Reading
- Refractive Index
- Specific Gravity
- Saponification Value
- Iodine Value
- Peroxide Value
- Test for hydrocyanic acid
- Mineral Oil Testing
- Oil Content
- Acid value for extracted fat
- Damaged and weevilled kernels
- Slightly damaged kernels
- Shrivelled and immature kernels
- Crude Protein
- Crude fat
- Crude fiber
- Phosphorus
- Urea nitrogen
- Optical Density at 660 nm
- Specific Gravity
- Total reducing sugar
- Sucrose
- Fructose glucose ratio
- Fiehe’s Test
- Hydroxylmethyl furfural (HMF)
- Total Soluble Solids(Brix)
- Vitamin C
- pH
- Polarization
- Reducing sugar
- Sucrose content
- Color ICUMSA
- Sulphated Ash
- Water soluble Extract
- Caffeine
- Water soluble Extract
- Alkalinity of soluble ash
- Heavy Metal(
- Pesticide
- Antibiotic Drug
Quality Norms And Protocols Followed For Analysis
- Bureau of Indian Standards
- Agmark Standard
- Fssai specification
- Association of Official Analytical Chemists
- American Association of Cereal Chemists
- American Public Health Association
- In-house validated methods and procedures
- Party’s specifications