Food analysis

EERC laboratory analyzes food

Food lab services

The food lab of the Fuel Quality and Customs Services Department provides chemical analysis and determination of physical characteristics of all foods (e.g. milk and meat products, alcoholic beverages, confectionery, sweets etc).

Characteristics determined

All foods: chlorides, total nitrogen, moisture, dry matter, ash, fat, PCB-s, organochlorinated pesticides, heavy metals (Ag, Al, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn, Tl, V, Zn)
Alcoholic beverages: alcohol content, aldehydes, esters, methanol and fused oils
Milk powder: moisture or dry matter, fat, raw protein, lactose
Cheese: moisture, dry matter, fat, raw protein.
Meat products: moisture or dry matter, fat, nitrogen, ash
Butter: moisture, fat-free dry matter, fat
Confectionery: moisture, fat, sugars as separate components (fructose, glucose, sucrose, maltose, lactose), starch, milk fat