EL Labs offer a wide range of accredited laboratory tests according to ISO/IEC 17025 for all food and feed types,covering the span from snacks to meat and dairy products, fat and oils, flour and bakery products, spices, driedfruit, tea, and ready-to-eat meals, through alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, nutritional/vitaminsupplements, and animal feed. Our ISO/IEC accredited laboratory analyses for food and feed include:

Chemical-physical analyses

• Determination of basic nutrients including proteins, iodine, fats, sugars, carbohydrates and salt
• Energy value calculation of food products in accordance with EC Regulation No. 1169/2011 on food labelling
• Dry matter, water, dietary fiber, ash, meat content
• Starch, lactose, ethanol, Brix, organic acids, pH
• Chlorides, total nitrogen, nitrates, nitrites, iodides, fluorides, ferrocyanides and sulphites
• Free fatty acids, acidity, acid value of fat, peroxide value, composition and content
• Vitamins and provitamins (A, B, C, D, E, K1, beta-carotene)
• Content of additives, preservatives, sweeteners, dyes, quinine
• Natural coloring agents (ASTA)
• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
• Toxins: Aflatoxins, fumonisins, T2, HT2, ochratoxin, DON, zearalenone, patulin
• Gluten and allergens
• Acrylamide
• Amino acid content
• Substance content: Beta-glucan, glucosamine sulphate, etc.
• Elements on various concentration levels by ICP-AES/OES, ICP-MS, AAS-F, AAS-AMA, AAS-HG, AAS-ETA

Microbiological Testing

• Microbial counting: TAMC, TYMC
• Determination of pathogens (qualitative and/or quantitative) – Salmonella, E. coli, Staphyloccoccus aureus, coliform bacteria, Clostridium perfringens, sulfite-reducing clostridia, Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes, Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, mesophilic anaerobic sporulating microorganisms
• Residues of antibiotics and inhibitory substances

Molecular-biological (PCR) tests

• Detection of Salmonella
• Detection of Listeria monocytogenes