Nuts & Dried Fruits Testing
Aprofood provides comprehensive food testing services. Through scientific and standardized testing processes, we are committed to verifying product quality and safety while ensuring accurate, fast, and reliable results. You can select the required items from our complete range of testing services. Our chemical experts are always ready to assist you.
Why Test Nuts & Dried Fruits?
Nuts and dried fruits are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, high-quality protein, vitamins, minerals, polyphenol antioxidants, dietary fiber, tocopherols, etc., and are highly nutritious and high-value products. They are also ideal substrates for the growth of fungi and bacteria, for example, Salmonella is a microbial hazard in almonds. Nuts and dried fruits are extremely prone to rancidity and spoilage when stored improperly, and many nuts can easily cause allergic reactions in some people. In addition, there are also risks of illegal additives, which are the main challenges faced by these products and are also key concerns of the industry, making reliable testing crucial to accurately identify potential risk factors.
Our Service
Aprofood's laboratories are equipped with advanced testing instruments and provide chemical parameter, nutritional component, and microbiological testing services for dried fruits and nuts in accordance with national and international standard methods. The following is a comprehensive overview of the available parameters and detailed services.
Categories We Can Test
Almonds, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, hazelnuts, brazil nuts, chestnuts, macadamia nuts, pine nuts, peanuts, soybeans, chickpeas, peas, raisins, dates, dried figs, dried apricots, prunes, dried mango, dried jackfruit, goji berries, dried cranberries, nut butters, baked nuts, candied fruits, etc.
Test Items
Detection of bacteria, yeasts, molds, and pathogens, including Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella, Salmonella, coliforms, Vibrio cholerae, and their secretions such as mycotoxins (aflatoxins, ochratoxins, etc.).
Precise analysis of polyphenols, flavonoids, lignans, proanthocyanidins, tannins, tocopherols, and other phytochemical content.
Benzoic acid, butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), steroids, sorbic acid, hormones, phosphates, sodium chloride, colorants, etc.
Toxic Residue Testing
Dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons / mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOSH/MOAH), furans, radioactive residues, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen cyanide, fumigants, heavy metals, safrole, hypericin, estragole, and other undesirable components.
Energy, protein, fat, ash, dietary fiber, moisture, carbohydrates, vitamins, fatty acids, amino acids, trans fatty acids, oil content, etc.
Evaluation of physicochemical indicators (pH value, acidity, protein denaturation, peroxide value) and sensory attributes (taste, texture, color) to assess product stability and shelf life.
Using LC-MS/MS and ELISA techniques to screen for allergenic proteins in jams, mixed nut packs, and cereal bars, and perform targeted quantitative analysis.
Aprofood offers comprehensive food testing services, dedicated to helping customers maintain the quality and stability of their food. If you would like to know more about the service details, or need a customized testing plan and service quotation, please contact us immediately. Our professional technical team is always ready to serve you.
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