Aprofood's laboratory food testing services are of great significance to you. We can assist you in analyzing all detailed compositional information of your food products to ensure compliance with national regulations, food safety, and marketability. You can obtain a one - stop comprehensive solution from us that meets all your testing needs.
Why Test Honey?
Honey is a nutrient-rich natural food, typically harvested directly from beehives and containing small amounts of natural components such as pollen, beeswax, amylase and invertase enzymes, which are generally harmless to consumers. However, commercially available honey may undergo secondary processing with the addition of additives and other substances like syrups to boost production yields and enhance artificial sweetness, thereby improving the product's output, taste and appearance. This practice involves risks of honey adulteration, illegal additive use and false labeling claims, which has become a major concern in the honey industry. Consequently, analyzing honey composition is essential for verifying product authenticity and safety.
Our Service
Aprofood is an analytical expert in honey products, leveraging robust analytical technologies and innovative methods, including high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS), liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), multi-isotope analysis, and the stable isotope ratio analysis (SIRA) method, to efficiently analyze the composition, safety, authenticity, purity, and origin of diverse honey varieties.
Categories We Can Test
Test Items
Detection of exogenous sugars (C4 and C3 sugars), foreign enzymes, heat-stable enzymes, honey-foreign oligosaccharides, stand method-reaction value (SM-R), test method-reaction value (TM-R), and ammonium sulfite caramel color (E150d).
Origin Analysis
Conducting microscopic pollen analysis and physicochemical analysis to determine the botanical and geographical origin of honey. Chemical analysis includes the examination of honey phenolic compounds, volatile compounds, amino acids, proteins, organic acids, minerals and trace elements, DNA markers, etc.
Quality Parameter Testing
Water content, specific gravity, glucose, fructose, sucrose, water-insoluble solids, electrical conductivity, acidity, invertase, diastase, amylase activity, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) content, free acid, sugar spectrum, F/G ratio, etc.
Detection of pesticide residues including organophosphorus, organochlorine, pyrethroid, neonicotinoid, and glyphosate.
Detection of drug residues used in bee treatment, including chloramphenicol, tetracyclines, sulfonamides, amitraz, chlorfenvinphos, thymovar, as well as bee repellents and fumigants such as naphthalene, aldehydes, and p-dichlorobenzene.
Honey may originate from genetically modified crops such as soybean, corn, and rapeseed. We identify GMO components in honey using PCR, ELISA, and other technologies.
Plate count method for total bacterial count, total mold and yeast count, and identification of common pathogens such as Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria, Enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococci, and Bacillus.
Other Testing
Detection of pyrrolizidine alkaloids, heavy metals, and honey crystallization analysis.
Aprofood attaches great importance to customers' personalized testing needs. With our experience in the food industry, we offer professional consultation, precise analysis and prompt delivery of results. If you are interested in any of our testing services, please contact us immediately to obtain a customized solution and quotation.
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