Analyses
OIL CONTENT
- Capsule Fill Weight
- Oil Content of seeds & other samples
Alkaline Hydrolysis
Bligh & Dyer
Folch
Soxhlet
FAT COMPOSITION
- Cholesterol
- Erucic Acid
- Fatty acid analysis of oil by gas chromatography
Profile (%)
Composition (mg FA/g, mg FA/capsule etc)
Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids
Quantification of GLA, CLA, EPA, DHA
- Butyric Acid
- Conjugated Linoleic Acids
- Trans fatty Acids
- Lipid Class Analysis
- Phospholipid Class Analysis
- Squalene
- Triacylglycerols - analysis of position 2
- Ether lipid analysis
- Analysis of less common fatty acids (e.g. epoxy, cyclic)
FAT QUALITY
- Acid value/Free fatty acid
- Anisidine Value
- Hydroxyl Value
- Iodine Value
- Moisture & Volatiles (Oil)
- Moisture (Seed/Meal)
- Peroxide Value
- Saponification Value
- Specific Gravity
- Sterols Profile
- Sterol/Stanol (Free) Profile
- Tocopherols Profile
- Tocotrienols Profile
- Unsaponifiable Matter
- Wax Esters (Total)
ANTIOXIDANTS/VITAMINS
- Vitamin E
- Tocopherol Acetate
- ß-Carotene
In the near future we hope to offer
- Anthocyanins Analysis
- Astaxanthin & Other Carotenoids
- Cold Test
- Colour
- Flavanoids Analysis
- Refractive Index
- Vitamins
Please contact Claire Traynor if you have any requirements for any analysis that we do not currently advertise.
