TESTING SERVICES OFFERED AT AFE FOOD TESTING SOLUTION LABORATORY

• Physical & General Parameters (Organic and inorganic matter including visible mould, insects and insect debris, fragments of bees, brood, pieces of beeswax, grains of sand, and any other extraneous matter ,flavour, taste, etc.)
• Chemical Analysis
• Total reducing sugar/
• Total Reducing Sugar
• For Carbia Colossa and Honey Dew
• Sucrose
• Fructose Glucose Ratio
• Hydroxy Methyl Furfural (HMF)
• Acidity (Expressed as Formic Acid)
• Free Acidity
• Diastase activity
• Water insoluble matter
• Pollen Count (Monofloral and Multifloral)
• Proline
• Moisture
• Specific Gravity (at 27°C)
• Electrical Conductivity
• Total Ash
• Alcohol content as ethanol
• Nutritional Analysis &
• Labelling (energy, protein, carbohydrates, total sugar, etc.)
• 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
• Pesticide Residues
• Microbiological parameters (total plate count, total coliform count, yeast and mould count, salmonella and shigella, E. coli, etc.)