Honey
Honey testing
Honey and other bee products (such as royal jelly, bee pollen and propolis) are among the most controlled foods in the world, as they must comply with high standards regarding naturalness, purity and authenticity. Consumers expect a genuine product that is naturally pure and only minimally processed so that it maintains its valuable composition and properties. Eurofins Food Testing supports you to ensure the quality of your honey and bee products.
Key services
Quality
- Compositional analysis according to honey and other product specific standards
- Sugar composition
- Various analytical parameters for honey matureness, freshness and possible defects (HMF, enzyme activities, proline, humidity, fermentation)
- Botanical and geographical origin verification determination by pollen microscopy, sensory and physico-chemical markers
- Foreign sugar detection by advanced screening technologies (LC-HRMS, 13C EA/LC-IRMS and 1H NMR)
Veterinary drug residues
- Non-authorised and prohibited drugs (cost-effective screening of the relevant veterinary drugs classed by innovative multimethods)
- Pesticides multi residue screening
- Glyphosate / glufosinate and their metabolites, and other herbicides used as glyphosate alternatives
- Chlorate and perchlorate
- Acaricides and bee repellents
- Pyrrolizidine and other toxic alkaloids
- Heavy metals
- GMO
- Allergens
Other services
- Product labelling/legal compliance
- Sampling services
- Scientific opinions
- Expert and advisory services
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