Food & Chemical Testing

Food & Chemical Testing Lab in Bangalore

Animal Feed & Feed Ingredients

Proximate analysis, Vitamins, Trace Elements in Mineral mixtures, Enzymes, Toxic Elements, Melamine, Aflatoxins & Ochratoxins, Pesticide Residues

Food & Food Products

Chemical and Microbiological testing of Honey, Ghee, Ice cream, Biscuits & Confectionery, Milk & Milk products, Cooked Food, Ready to Eat Foods Beverages, Alcoholic drinks, Food supplements, Canned foods, Spices and Condiments, Pulses and Cereals, Edible oils, Food colours and additives, Fatty acid profile etc., are tested as per FSSR, BIS and Agmark standards. Shelf Life Studies at Real Time, Accelerated and Frozen Conditions.

Agricultural and Agricultural Products

Pesticide residues, Vitamins, Trace minerals, Amino acids, Isoflavinoids and Capsaicin content in crops, fruits & vegetables, Herbal Extracts using highly sophisticated instruments

Fertilizers for Nutrients and Micro Nutrients.

Azadirachtin Content by HPLC in Neem Products

Nutrition Labeling

Facility for nutritional labeling of various food products is available, in compliance with the Food Safety and Standards (Labeling and Display) Regulations, as mandated by the Government of India.

 

Test Parameters for Chemicals

  • Acetic acid purity
  • Acetone extractables
  • Acid insoluble ash
  • Acid insoluble matter
  • Acid value
  • Acidity / Alkalinity
  • Alcohol content (by G.C.)
  • Alcohol insolubles
  • Aldehydes
  • Alkali resistance test
  • Aluminium
  • Ammonia
  • Ammoniacal Nitrogen
  • Ammonium Chloride (Purity)
  • Amylase activity
  • Ascorbic Acid (Purity)
  • Ash content
  • Assay of common metallic salts
  • Available Chlorine
  • Barium Carbonate (purity)
  • Benzene insoluble matter
  • Benzoate / Benzoic acid
  • Biotin 2% (Purity)
  • Boiling Point
  • Borax (Purity)
  • Bulk Density
  • Calcium
  • Calcium Carbonate
  • Calcium Fluoride
  • Calcium-D-Pantothenate (Purity)
  • Capsicum content (by HPLC)
  • Chloride
  • Cholesterol (by GC)
  • Cholic acid content
  • Choline Chloride content
  • Cobalt
  • Colour in Hazen units
  • Congealing Point
  • Copper
  • Copper Sulphate (Purity)
  • Cyanocobalamin (purity)
  • D.L.Methionine (purity)
  • Dextrose (By specific optical rotation)
  • Disodium EDTA (purity)
  • Dissolved Chlorine as Cl2
  • Distillation range
  • Dried Ferrous Sulphate
  • Enzymes: Protease, Lipase, Bioprotease, Amylase, Cellulase
  • Ferrous Sulphate (purity)
  • Flash Point
  • Fluoride
  • Folic acid
  • Free Caustic alkali
  • Free Phosphoric acid
  • Freedom for grit
  • Freedom from chlorinated compound (qualitative test)
  • Freezing Point
  • Furazolidone
  • Fusel Oil (IS:321) Higher alcohols
  • Glycerine content
  • Halquinol content
  • Hydrochloric acid (purity)
  • Hydrofluoric acid (purity)
  • Hydrogen Peroxide (Purity)
  • Hydroquinone content
  • Identification of Steroids by TLC
  • Iodine Value
  • Kinematic Viscosity
  • Lignin content (in lignin)
  • Lime as CaO
  • Limit tests - Qualitative for Cl, SO4, No3, Ca, Mg, Fe, Pb etc.,
  • Loss on Ignition
  • Lysine and Methionine
  • Lysine Hydrochloride
  • Magnesium
  • Magnesium Oxide
  • Magnesium Sulphate
  • Manganese
  • Manganese Sulphate
  • Matter insoluble in alcohol
  • Melting Point
  • Menadione Bisulphate
  • Mercury content
  • Methanol in alcohol
  • Moisture (by Oven method)
  • Moisture by Dean& Stark
  • Moisture by Karl Fisher
  • Nickel
  • Nitrates
  • Nitrate Nitrogen
  • Nitric acid (purity)
  • Nitrogen
  • Non Volatile matter
  • Ochrotoxin A
  • Optical Rotation
  • Oxalic acid content (titrimetric)
  • Peroxides (qualitative)
  • pH of extract
  • Phenol content
  • Phosphate
  • Phosphoric acid
  • Phosphorus content in red phosphorus
  • Phosphorus Pentasulphide (purity)
  • Potassium
  • Potassium Chloride (purity)
  • Potassium Iodide
  • Potassium Nitrate (Purity)
  • Pour Point
  • Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (purity)
  • Reducing Compound (IS:297)
  • Reducing Sugar
  • Refractive Index
  • Relative density
  • Residue on evaporation
  • Residue on Sieve
  • Riboflavin (purity)
  • Saponification Value
  • Selenium
  • Sennoside content
  • Silica
  • Silver Nitrate
  • Sodium / Potassium
  • Sodium Benzoate (purity)
  • Sodium dithionite purity(Sodium Hydrosulphite)
  • Sodium Selenite (purity)
  • Sodium Sulphide (Sulphide basis)
  • Softening Point
  • Solidification Point
  • Sorbic acid (purity)
  • Specific gravity
  • Substances reducing Iodine (IS:2124)
  • Sulphate
  • Sulphated ash
  • Sulphide content
  • Sulphur
  • Tannic acid (IS:6897)
  • Thiamine Hydrochloride (purity)
  • Thiamine Mononitrate (purity)
  • Titre (IS:1675)
  • Total Fatty matter (IS:917)
  • Trace elements by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
  • Trace elements by ICPOES
  • Unsaponifiable matter
  • Uric acid
  • Viscosity
  • Volatile acids (IS:798)
  • Volatile matter
  • Water content
  • Water Insolubles
  • Zinc Oxide (as ZnO)
  • Zinc Sulphate purity

Test Parameters for Food Products

  • Acid insoluble ash
  • Acid insoluble matter
  • Acidity
  • Acidity (on dry basis)
  • Acidity (total and volatile)
  • Acidity of the extracted fat
  • Agaric acid by HPLC
  • Albuminoid Nitrogen
  • Alcohol content (by GC)
  • Alcohol extract
  • Alcohol insolubles
  • Alcoholic acidity
  • Aldehydes in liquor
  • Algae and mould spore
  • Ammoniacal Nitrogen
  • Aqueous extract
  • Arsenic
  • Ash
  • Ash, Sulphated
  • Available Phosphorus
  • B-Carotene
  • Bellier Turbidity Test
  • Benzoic acid / Sodium Benzoate in food (by HPLC)
  • Biotin (By HPLC)
  • Boudoin test
  • Brix
  • Caffeine
  • Calcium
  • Calorific Value (GCV)
  • Capsaicinoid content in Chillies (by HPLC)
  • Carbohydrates (by difference method)
  • Chloride
  • Cloud Point
  • Colour by Tintometer
  • Colour in Chilli Powder
  • Colour of Sugar
  • Colouring matter
  • Combined ether extract
  • Congealing Point
  • Copper
  • Crude Fat
  • Crude Fibre
  • Crude Protein
  • Curcumin content
  • Damaged Kernel
  • Density / Bulk Density
  • Dextrin
  • Dextrose
  • Ester Value
  • Ester value after acetylation
  • Fat content
  • Fiehe’s test in Honey
  • Folic acid
  • Foreign matter
  • Free Fatty acids
  • Glucose content
  • Gluten
  • Granularity (sieving)
  • HMF content
  • Honey as per FSSAI/Agmark
  • Hot Water extract of Malt
  • Hydrocyanic acid in beans
  • Hydroxy methyl furfural
  • Hydroxyl Value
  • Hypercin by HPLC
  • Identification by Paper Chromatography
  • Identification test by TLC
  • Insect damaged seeds
  • Insect Infestation (visual)
  • Insolubility Index
  • Insoluble matter in Water
  • Iodine Value
  • Iron content by AAS
  • Kesari dal (Identification by TLC)
  • Lead
  • Light berries and pin heads in Black Peper
  • Matter soluble in water, other than NaCl
  • Melting Point
  • Menthol
  • Milk Fat
  • Mineral Oil content
  • Moisture (Oven method)
  • Naturally occurring toxic substances (Agaric acid, Saffrole, Hypericin and Hydrocyanic acid)
  • Niacin
  • Nicotine
  • Nitrogen
  • Nitrogen Solubility Index (Total and Soluble N)
  • Non-Volatile ether extract
  • Oil-Volatile
  • Optical Rotation
  • Organoleptic test
  • Pathogenic Clostridia
  • pH
  • Phosphate
  • Phosphorus
  • Piperin content
  • Polenske Value
  • Preservative :
    Benzoic acid by HPLC
    Sulphur dioxide
  • Protein
  • Rancidity test
  • Readily carbonisable substances
  • Reducing Sugars
  • Refractive Index
  • RM Value
  • Saccharin, purity (IS:6385)
  • Salt content
  • Sand Silica
  • Santalol content in Sandalwood Oil
  • Saturated Fat (by GC)
  • Scrovilhe heat unit (HPLC)
  • Sedimentation Value
  • Sieve analysis
  • Silica
  • Sodium Benzoate by HPLC
  • Solid not fat (SNF)
  • Solids
  • Solubility Index
  • Starch
  • Sterility of Milk (sterilized)
  • Sucrose
  • Sudan 1, 2, 3, 4 (by LCMS-MS)
  • Sugar, reducing
  • Sugar, total
  • Sulphate reducing bacteria
  • Sulphur
  • Tannins (and non-tannins)
  • Total Alkaloids
  • Total ash
  • Total dye content in food colour
  • Total Solids
  • Total Soluble Solids
  • Total Sugar
  • Total volatile acidity
  • Trace metals by AAS
  • Trypsin inhibition activity
  • Urea
  • Urease activity
  • Uric acid
  • Viscosity
  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin B1
  • Vitamin B2
  • Vitamin B6
  • Vitamin D3
  • Vitamin E
  • Vitamin K3
  • Vitamins in Vitamin Premix
  • Volatile Oil
  • Water absorption
  • Water insoluble matter
  • Water soluble matter
  • Zinc

Nutritional Values in Food Products

  • Protein
  • Fat
  • Sugars
  • Sodium/Salt
  • Dietary Fibre
  • Carbohydrates
  • Energy
  • Saturated Fat
  • Polyunsaturated Fat
  • Monounsaturated Fat
  • Trans Fatty Acids
  • Cholesterol
  • Vitamins (to specify)
  • Minerals (to specify)

Microbiological Test in Food Products

  • Total Bacterial Count
  • Yeast and Mould
  • Total Microbial Count
  • E.Coli
  • Entero Bacteriacea
  • Salmonella
  • Listeria Monocytogens
  • Staphylococcus Aureus
  • Pseudomonos
  • Clostridium Perfringens
  • Bacillus Cereus
  • Vibrio Cholerae
  • Vibro Parahaemolyticus
  • Shigella
  • Coliform Count

Test Parameters for Vegetable Oil, Fats and Soaps

  • Acetyl Value
  • Acid insoluble Ash
  • Acid Value
  • Active ingredient
    (a) in detergent
    (b) in Soap (TFM)
    (c) Anhydrous Soap
  • Adulteration of Argemone Oil
  • Adulteration Test (for each adulterant Oil)
  • Alcohol insoluble matter
  • Allyl isothiocyanate test
  • Animal Fat in Vanaspati (tallow)
  • Ash
  • Ash insoluble in dilute hydrochloric acid
  • B.R. Value
  • B.T. (Baudoin test)
  • B.T.T. (Bellier turbidity temperature)
  • Barium content
  • Cadmium content
  • Chlorides
  • Clear Point (IS:4956)
  • Cloud Point
  • Colophony (rosin) IS:79
  • Colour of Bleached Oil (Bleaching efficiency)
  • Colour of oil
  • Colour of Soap (IS:4088)
  • Degree of Sulphation (IS:1044)
  • Density
  • Detection of Oil by TLC
  • DHA
  • Drying time
  • Essential Oil test on mustard oil (as Allyl Isothiocyanate)
  • Ester Value
  • Fatty acid Profile
  • Flash Point
  • Foreign matter (sludge)
  • Free Alkali, caustic
  • Free Fatty Acid
  • Glycerol in Soap (IS:285)
  • Hydrocyanic acid (adultrant / qualitative)
  • Hydroxyl Value
  • Identification of adultrant Oil by TLC
  • Insoluble Impurities
  • Iodine Value
  • Limit test for chlorides (IS:5784)
  • Linseed Oil (adulteration)
  • Melting Point
  • Mineral Oil (Adulteration)
  • Miscibility
  • Moisture
  • Moisture by Karl Fischer
  • Moisture by Toluene Distillation
  • Moisture content by Oven Method
  • Nickel in Vanaspati
  • Non detergent matter (IS:4955)
  • Oil content
  • Optical Rotation
  • Organoleptic test (IS:9037)
  • Peroxide Value
  • pH
  • Phosphate in Soap
  • Phosphorus in Oil
  • Polenske Value
  • Protein
  • Rancidity
  • Refractive Index
  • Reichert-Meissl Value (R.M. Value)
  • Relative density
  • Saponification Value
  • Sediment (matter insoluble in Benzene)
  • Sieve analysis
  • Sieve analysis of water insolubles (IS:6047)
  • Sodium Silicate / Ratio of Na2O : SiO2
  • Specific gravity
  • Sulphate
  • T.F.M. (Total Fatty matter)
  • Test for Argemone Oil
  • Test for the presence of Castor Oil
  • Test for the presence of Mineral Oil
  • Total ash
  • Unsaponifiable matter in Oil/Soap
  • Viscosity
  • Vitamin A in Vanaspati (by HPLC)
  • Volatile matter
  • Water insoluble / soluble matter
  • Water insoluble ash (IS:1780)

Test Facility as per IS Specification (Food Products)

IS NO. MATERIAL
6795 Acacia Gum
6850 Agar
1696 Amaranth
2557 Annatto Colour Food Products
1320 Baker's Yeast
1159 Baking Powder
1157 Barley Powder
2400 Besan (including Kesri dal)
1925 Bidis
1011 Biscuits
4450 Brandies
6406 Brilliant Blue
1162 Cane Molasses
4467 Caramel
2923 Carmoisine
920 Cattle licks - Plain/Mineralised
3146 Celery Seed
6747 Chewing Gum / Bubble gum
2344 Chewing Tobacco
1799 Citral
1801 Citronellol
5346 Coal tar Food Colour Preparations
1164 Cocoa Powder
3309 Coffee Chicory
2791 Coffee Powder
2052 Compounded Feeds for Cattle (routine tests)
1166 Condensed Milk
1007 Custard Powder-Plain/Salted
4624 Dehydrated Peas
966 Desicated Coconut
4269 Dextrin
253 Edible Common Salt
8212 Edible groundnut protein isolate
1005 Edible Maize Starch (Corn Flour)
8211 Edible Soya flour
7835 Edible Soya Flour (including microbiological tests)
1319 Edible Tapioca starch
1697 Erythrosine
6022 Fast Green FCF
2924 Fast Red E
1800 Geraniol
4100 Gin
761 Ginger Oil
3988

Guar Gum

1008 Hard Boiled Sugar Confectionery
2802 Ice Cream
1698 Indigo Carmine
1547 Infant Milk Foods (except Vitamin D)
7224 Iodised Salt
1009 Maida (excluding Uric acid)
2152 Maize Gluten Feed
1184 Maize starch
2404 Malt Extract  
3880 Mango Pulp, Canned
3134 Menthol
1065 Milk Powder
1664 Mineral Mixture
5672 Mineral Mixture for Poultry Feeds
512 Oil of Citronella
328 Oil of Eucalyptus
587 Oil of Geranium
327 Oil of lemongrass
526 Oil of Palmarosa - Motra/ Sotra
528 Oil of Peppermint
1177 Oil of Vetiver Roots
8806 Pan goods confectionery
3543 Papain
7472 Pig Feeds
2558 Ponceau 4 R
1656 Processed cereals weaning foods
527 Rectified Oil of Camphor
3648 Rice Bran
612 Roasted Chicory Powder
3811 Rum
6385 Saccharin
5453 Saffron
329 Sandalwood Oil
13334 (Pt 1) Skimmed Milk Powder
6608 Skin Cream
5339 Skin Powder for Infants
3959 Skin Powders
1695 Sunset Yellow
5346 Synthetic Food Colour - Preparation and Mixtures
1605 Tapioca Starch
1694 Tartrazine
5383 Tooth Powder (except abrasion)
2446 Turmeric
4272 Vanillin content and Moisture
2397 Wafers
7462 Wheat
7464 Wheat Flour (for Bread)
7463 Wheat Flour (Maida) for Biscuit Industry
1009 Wheat Flour (Maida) for general purpose
4449 Whiskies
1483 White Bread
6029 Wool green BS
435 Castor Oil
542 Coconut Oil
543 Cottonseed Oil 
81 Dehydrated Castor Oil
4955 Detergent Powders
4956 Detergents for Industrial purpose
544 Groundnut Oil
7963 Janata Toilet Soap
4088 Kusum Oil
285 Laundry Soap
77

Linseed Oil

79 Linseed Stand Oil
4199 Liquid Soap
545

Mahua Oil

4055 Maize (Corn) Oil
546 Mustard Oil
512 Oil of Citronella
328 Oil of Eucalyptus
587 Oil of Geranium
327 Oil of lemongrass
526 Oil of Palmarosa
528 Oil of Peppermint
1177 Oil of Vetiver Roots
9037 Peanut butter
3448 Rice Bran Oil
5734 Sardine Oil
6047 Scouring Powder
547 Sesame Oil
7884 Shampoo, Synthetic detergent based
5784 Shaving Soap
7532 Soft Soap
4276 Soyabean Oil
4277 Sunflower Oil
8180 Synthetic detergent tablet
9587 Tamarind Kernel Oil)
2888 Toilet Soap
1044 Turkey Red Oil
1780 Vegetable tallow

Test Facility as per Indian Standards Specification (Insecticide And Pesticides)

7233 2,4-D Ethyl Ester
10243 2,4-D Ethyl Ester EC
1488 2,4-D Sodium Salt Technical
9354 Alachlor EC
6438 Aluminium Phosphide
13403 Anilophos EC (by GC)
13402 Anilophos, Technical (by GC)
12931 Atrazine WP
9356 Butachlor EC (by GC)
9362 Butachlor Granules (by GC)
9355 Butachlor Technical (by GC)
11785 Capton WP
7122 Carbaryl Dusting Powder
7539 Carbaryl Technical
7121 Carbaryl Water dispersible Powder Concentrates
8445 Carbendazim Technical
8446 Carbendazim WP
13133 Chlorothalonil WP
8963 Chlorpyrifos Technical (by GC)
8944 Chlorpyriphos EC (by GC)
1506 Copper Oxychloride dusting Powder
1486 Copper Oxychloride, Technical
1507 Copper Oxychloride, WDP
14158 Cyfluthrin WP (by GC)
12016 Cypermethrin EC
12015 Cypermethrin Technical
565 DDT Water Dispersible Powder Concentrate
11996 Deltamethrin EC
12005 Deltamethrin Technical
5277 Dichlorvos EC
4929 Dichlorvos, Technical
5279 Dicofol EC
5278 Dicofol Technical
3903 Dimethoate EC
3902 Dimethoate Technical
1827 Dimethylamine SL Salts of 2,4-D
8703 Diuron WDP Concentrates
8955 Edifenphos EC
4323 Endosulfan EC (except heat stability)
4344 Endosulfan Technical
10319 Ethion EC
5281 Fenitrothion EC
5280 Fenitrothion Technical
11997 Fenvalerate EC
12003 Fenvalerate Technical
632 Gamma BHC (Lindane) EC
9370 Lindane Granules
2567 Malathion EC
2570 Methyl Parathion, Technical
1832 Malathion, Technical
2569 Malathion, Water dispersible powder concentrates
2865 Methyl Parathion EC
13333 Metribuzin WP
8074 Monocrotophos SL
8025 Monocrotophos Technical
8259 Oxydemeton-Methyl EC
13138 Pesticides-Alpha Naphthyl Acetic acid SL
8291 Phenthoate EC
9359 Phorate Granules, encapsulated
7976 Phorate Technical
8487 Phosalone EC
8028 Quinalphos EC
8072 Quinalphos Technical
8498 Temephos EC
9358 Triallate EC
1251 Zinc Phosphide, Technical