Testing

We provide many tests. If you do not see the specific test you need, please ask. We offer many tests not shown in this web site.

In case you want to print out a large list of available analyses, the following are provided.

Element Abbreviation

Aluminum Al

Antimony Sb

Arsenic As

Barium Ba

Beryllium Be

Bismuth Bi

Cadmium Cd

Calcium Ca

Chloride, Soluble as Salt NaCl

Chromium Cr

Cobalt Co

Copper Cu

Iodine (High Level) I

Iodine (Low Level) I

Iron Fe

Gold Au

Lead Pb

Lead in Sugar Pb

Lithium Li

Magnesium Mg

Manganese Mn

Mercury Hg

Molybdenum Mo

Nickel Ni

Phosphorus P

Phosphorus in Veg. Oil

Potassium K

Salt (calc. as sodium chloride NaCl

Salt in Meat NaCl

Selenium Se

Silicon Si

Silver Ag

Sodium Na

Sulfur S

Sulfate SO4

Thallium Tl

Tin Sn

Titanium Ti

Vanadium V

Zinc Zn

PRICES ARE MATRIX DEPENDENT. THERE MIGHT BE MORE THAN 100% SURCHARGE ON SINGLE SAMPLES. SOME SAMPLES REQUIRE ASHING OR OTHER TREATMENTS BEFORE ANALYSIS WHICH WILL RAISE THE PRICE. SOME ELEMENTS CAN BE ALSO DETERMINED AT VERY LOW LEVELS USING GRAPHITE FURNACE. OTHER ELEMENTS UPON REQUEST. The above list is just the most often requested elements.

FOOD AND DAIRY

Nutritional Analysis of food NLEA (25 mixing fee for multiple samples)

Multiple samples have significant price savings.

Computerized Nutritional analysis NLEA

OTHER ANALYSES

Crude Fat, Acid hydrolysis

Alkaline hydrolysis

Solvent Extraction

Soxlhet

Ash

Fiber

Dietary AOAC

Dietary Insoluble

Dietary Soluble

Moisture and Volatiles

Toluene Dist.

Convection Oven

Vacuum Oven

Moisture in Meat

Protein

Total

Carbohydrates

Total Simple Sugars

Starch

Vitamins

Ascorbic acid

Biotin

Choline

Cyanocobalamin

Folic acid

Total Folate

Inositol

Niacin

Pantothenic acid

Total Vit A

Vitamin A -retinol

Beta carotene

Thiamine

Riboflavin

Pyridoxine

Cyanocobalamin

Vitamin D-HPLC

Vitamin E

By GC

Color

Fatty Acids

Cholesterol

Fatty acid composition

Total fat and saturated fat

Others

Fat and Oil analyses

Acid Value

AOM Stability

Cold test

Color

Flash Point

Free Fatty Acids

Hexanal

Ignition Point

Insoluble Impurities

Iodine Value

Moisture Insol. and Unsapon.

Peroxide value

Peroxidase activity

Smoke Test

Solids, Vacuum Oven

TBA

Total Fatty Acids

FOOD ADDITIVES

Alcohol screen

Alkaline Phosphatase Meats

Artificial Colors (TLC)

Aspartaame

Benzoic acid

BHA or BHT

Brix via refractive index

Bromate

Caffeine

Caffeine, Theophylline & Theobromine

Capsicum , ASTM

Capsicum , Scovell

Carbonate

Carnitine

Citrate - HPLC

Color L*a*b* etc

Ethoxyquin (Satoquin)

Erythobate

Ethylene

Ethylene oxide

FD&C Colors

Filth testing

Glycerine

Glucoseamine

Histamine

Heavy metal as Lead

Hydrochloric acid (titration)

Hydrofluoric acid (dist. and colorimetry)

Hydrocyanic acid or cyanides

Indol

Isoflavones (soybeans)

Leucoanthocyanadins

Methyl Mercury

Monoglycerides

Nitrates

Nitrites

Organic acids

Oxalic acid or oxalates

Parabens

pectin/pectic acid

Peroxidase

phenolic compounds (Folin)

piperine in spices

Propionic acid HPLC

Propylene glycol

Pycnogenol (enzymatic)

Refractive index

Saccharin

Saponins

Sensory analysis

Sorbic acid

Sorbitol

Sulfates

Specific Gravity

Starch Total

Sugar Alcohol Screen

Sugars HPLC

Sugars GLC

Sugars other than screened

Sugar as invert

Sugar as Non-reducing

Sulfiting Agents, Free

Sulfiting Agents, Monier Williams

Tartaric acid HPLC

Texture

TBA

TBHQ

Vanillin

Viscosity

Volatile Organic Acid Screen

Water activity

PESTICIDES

Carbamates

Food Pesticide Screen Preparation

Water Pesticide Screen Preparation

Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Screen

Aldrin Dieldrin Methoxychlor

BHC Endrin Mirex

Chlordane Heptachlor PCB-Total

DDD Heptachlor Epoxide Toxaphene

DDE Hexachlorobenzene-HCB

DDT Lindane

Organo-Phosphate Screen

Diazinon Malathion

Ethion Methyl Parathion

Ethyl Parathion Endosulfan

Other Pesticides

PCB - Total

Toxaphene

Individual Pesticides from Screens

Alar

Avid

Benomyl

Carzol

Carbon Tetrachloride

Chlorphyrifos

Cyromazine

Dodine

EBDC

Ethrel

Ethylene Dibromide

ETU

Maleic Hydrazide

Methoprene

Napthalene acetic acid (NAA)

Paraquat/Diquat

Rotenone

Thiocarbamates

Other Pesticides & Residues

Actinomycete plate count (B)

Aerobic, Thermophilic Spore count

Aerobic Standard Plate Count

Aerobic Psychorophilic Count

Aeromonas hydrophilia (B)

Algae (B)

Anaerobic Plate Count

Anaerobic Spore Count

Bacillus cereus

Campylobacter Spp. (B)

COLIFORM BACTERIA

Coliform Presumptive

Confirmed Coliforms

Confirmed Fecal Coliforms

Confirmed E. coli

COLIFORM-AOAC

Coliforms and E coli

Coliform Plate Count - VRB

Confirmed Coliform Count

Coliform Count MPN

Entamoeba histolytica (B)

Enteropathogenic E.coli 0157:H7

ENTEROTOXINS

Flat Sour Spore Count

Fecal Streptococci

Fungi Identification

Giardia lambia

Gram Stain

Heliocobacteria pylori

Helminth ova (viable)

Iron Bacteria

Klebsiella

Lactobacillus Plate Count

Legionella Spp. Culture

Leptosira Spp

Lipolytic organisms

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES

Presumptive

Confirmation to species

Howard Mold Count

Microbial Challenge

Mold Counts

Mold Identification

Mold Speciation

Mycobacteria Spp

Nematodes

Parasites in water (18 possible)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa count

Psychotrophs

Total Aerobic Thermophilic Spores

Flat Sour Spores

Thermophilic Anaerobic Spores (Qualitative)

Sulfide Spoilage Spores

Pseudomonas Plat Count

Putrefactive Anaerobes

Saccharomyces bailii

SALMONELLA

Presumptive

Confirmed

Salmonella, Quantative

3 tube MPN

5 tube MPN

Serological Typing

SHIGELLA

Presumptive

Confirmed

Standard Plate Count

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS - MPN

1st Presumptive

2nd Presumptive

Coagulase Positive

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS-SPC

Presumptive

Coagulase Positive

Staphylococcus Toxins

Sulpher Bacteria

Total Coliform Bacteria

Membrane Filtration or MMO-MUG

MPN

Other Toxins

Thermoduric organisms

Vibrio cholerea (B)

Vibro parahaemolyticus (B)

Yeast Count

Yeast Direct Micro Count

Yeast & Mold Count

Yeast & Mold Differential Count

Yersinia enterocolitica (B)

OTHER MICROBIAL TESTS

AFLATOXINS

Column

TLC

Mycotoxins

Sterility

Air quality

Foreign object I.D.

Insect ID

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ELEMENTAL ANALYSES