Food Chemistry: Analytical Testing to Support the Quality and Characterization of Your Products

Eurofins Essais Alimentaires Québec offers a comprehensive range of food chemistry analyses to support manufacturers, processors, and distributors in evaluating the quality and characteristics of their products.

Our laboratories analyze a wide variety of food parameters, including fats, proteins, sugars, vitamins, fibre, sodium, cholesterol, and metals. We also provide specialized testing to evaluate the physico-chemical properties of food products, such as pH, water activity, titratable acidity, nitrites, oil and fat quality parameters, as well as a range of compounds specific to particular food matrices.

Our expertise also includes the detection of food allergens in products and on environmental surfaces, as well as the analysis of selected toxins and targeted residues. As part of the global Eurofins laboratory network, we provide our customers with access to a broad range of analytical expertise across numerous scientific disciplines, enabling us to address a wide variety of testing needs. Our team is committed to helping every client identify the analytical solutions best suited to their specific challenges.

If the analysis you require is not listed on this page, we can also receive your samples and coordinate their transfer to the most qualified specialized laboratory within the Eurofins network. This provides you with a single point of contact and a streamlined approach for all your analytical testing needs.

Through rigorous analytical methods and recognized expertise, we deliver reliable results that help our customers better understand their products and support their production and quality assurance activities.

Analysis of Nutritional Components and Labelling:

  • Total Fat in Foods (multiple methods depending on the food type)

  • Fat Profile and Individual Fatty Acids in Foods

  • Protein in Foods (Leco and Kjeldahl methods)

  • Moisture and Ash in Foods

  • Salt in Foods

  • Cholesterol in Foods

  • Sugars in Foods

  • Vitamins in Foods

  • Dietary Fibre in Foods

  • Heavy Metals in Foods

  • Crude Fibre in Animal Feed

Specialized Food Chemistry Analyses:

  • Peroxides in Oils and Pure Fats

  • Free Fatty Acids in Oils and Pure Fats

  • Bone Particles in Meat

  • Titratable Acidity in Dairy Products, Fruits, and Their Derivatives

  • Piperine in Meat and Pepper

  • pH in Foods

  • Sodium Nitrites in Meat and Curing Salts

  • Water Activity in Foods

  • Brix in Liquids and Beverages

  • Iodine Value in Oils and Pure Fats

  • Anisidine in Oils and Pure Fats

  • Acid Value in Oils and Pure Fats

  • Density of Liquid Products

  • Acid-Insoluble Ash in Spices

  • UV Transmittance in Syrup

  • Selenomethionine in Yeast

Detection of Allergens, Toxins, and Residues:

  • Patulin in Apple Juice

  • Sulfites in Foods (except onion, leek, and cabbage)

  • Peanut Allergens in Foods and Swabs

  • Almond Allergens in Foods and Swabs

  • Milk Allergens in Foods and Swabs

  • Egg Allergens in Foods and Swabs

  • Gluten Allergens in Foods and Swabs

  • Soy Allergens in Foods and Swab

  • Mustard Allergens in Foods and Swabs

  • Sesame Allergens in Foods and Swabs

  • Hazelnut Allergens in Foods and Swabs

  • Crustacean Allergens in Foods and Swabs

  • Fish Allergens in Foods and Swabs

  • Walnut Allergens in Foods and Swabs

  • Analysis of Phenylbutazone and Oxyphenbutazone in Serum, Equine Plasma, and Equine Meat

  • Ractopamine in Meats