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 |




