TYPES OF SAMPLES
Cereals – rice, wheat, maize, barley, oats
Millets – finger millet, pearl millet, little millet
Pulses and legumes – kidney bean, lentils, soybeans, fava beans
Cereal by-products – bran, grits, residual cakes
Processed products – tofu, fermented products
Animal fodder
TESTING SERVICES OFFERED AT SAFE FOOD LABS
- Physical & General Analysis (extraneous matter, damaged grains, weevilled grains, inorganic matter, mould, discolored seeds, etc.)
- Chemical Analysis (moisture, total ash, gluten, rancidity, pH, density, acid content, etc.)
- Nutritional Analysis & Labelling (energy, protein, carbohydrates, total sugar, etc.)
- Fatty acid profile & Trans fatty acids (MUFA, PUFA, etc.)
- Vitamins (A, D, E, B12, C)
- Minerals (calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, etc.)
- Mycotoxins (total aflatoxin, aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin B2, ochratoxin A, etc.)
- Heavy metal residues (lead, tin, arsenic, copper, cadmium, etc.)
- Naturally Occurring Toxic Substances (NOTS like hydrocyanic acid, agaric acid, hypercine, etc.)
- Melamine
- Additives (added flavoring & coloring matter, phosphates, beta carotene, phytosterols etc.)
- Pesticide Residues
- Shelf Life Testing
- Microbiological parameters (total plate count, total coliform count, yeast and mould count, salmonella and shigella, E. coli, etc.)