Key services

Nutritional and compositional analyses

• Analyses from raw materials to finished products: 
  
  • Composition (dry matter, ash, crude protein, starch, cellulose, cell wall constituents, total soluble sugars, etc.)
  • Minerals (such as P, Ca, Mg, Na, K, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn)
  • Vitamins (e.g., B1–B12, A, E, D, C, K3)
  • Minerals (P, Ca, Mg), alkaline elements (Na, K), trace elements (Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn…)
  • Nutritional values (UF, PDI)
• Vitamins, amino acids, and pigments: 
  
  • Wide range of methods adapted to vitamin content and matrix (additives, premix, feed and more)
  • Biogenic amines (such as cadaverine, histamine)
  • Amino acids (e.g., lysine, methionine)
  • Pigments (e.g., lutein in layer laying hen feed and eggs, astaxanthin in fish feed…)

Residues and contaminants

• Pesticides residues
• Veterinary drugs and veterinary drug residues
• Heavy metals
• Dioxins and PCBs
• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
• Mycotoxins
• Radioactivity

Microbiology

• Solutions adapted to your matrices: raw materials, feed, specific sectors
• Rapid PCR detection of Salmonella 
• Spoilage investigation, rapid and informative bacterial flora analysis via NGS (Next Generation Sequencing)
• Whole Genome Sequencing for contamination source tracking
• Enumeration or detection of various parameters: Enterobacteriaceae, E. coli, Clostridium, yeasts, molds and more

Animal health

• Control plans for avian salmonellosis
• Health diagnostics (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs)
• Accredited regulatory analyses for animal export 

Authenticity testing

• Meat species and fish species

GMO

• Screening, detection and quantification of GMOs

Fast NIR-analyses

Forage feed analysis
Eurofins Food & Feed Testing determines feed nutritional composition using near-infrared spectroscopy on dried/ground samples (1 mm):

• Unique SPIR parameters: maize digestibility, crude protein fractions, fermentation profile
• Calibrations available for a wide range of forages, including mixes and TMR
• Nutritional values UF / PDI (Systali) and NORFOR, CNCPS, VEM systems
• Mineral packs (16 elements) in chemistry
• Additional analyses, such as grain breakage rate, full fermentation profile, spores

Legal bases and guidelines

• Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed
• Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition
• Directive 2002/32/EC on undesirable substances in animal feed
• Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene
• Regulation (EU) 2019/4 on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed
  incl. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1229 establishing specific maximum levels of cross-contamination of antimicrobial active substances