Ready meals
Analysis of ready meals
Eurofins Food & Feed Testing laboratories’ service portfolio ranges from testing for potential residues, contaminants and allergens to microbiological and chemical analyses, shelf-life testing, labelling tests and nutritional value determination in ready meal products. We support you with complete solutions tailored to your specific needs.
Key services
General food analysis:
- Allergens
- Testing for animal ingredients (vegan) incl. animal species identification (pig, cattle, etc.)
- Nutritional analyses (including Big 7, Big 8)
- Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
- Sensory analysis (proportion determination)
- Mycotoxins, algae toxins
- Pesticides, fumigants
- MOSH/MOAH
- Heavy metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, arsenic, inorganic arsenic)
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
- Dioxins and PCBs
- 3-MCPD esters, glycidol
- Total bacterial count
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Salmonella
- Bacillus cereus
- Coliform bacteria, enterobacteriaceae, E. coli, EHEC
- Yeasts, moulds
- Spores of sulphite-reducing clostridia
Special analysis:
- Sulphurous acid and other preservatives
- Challenge tests
- Irradiation detection
- Fat indicators (free fatty acids FFA, peroxide value POZ)
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