Alcoholic beverages
Analysis of alcoholic beverages
At Eurofins Food & Feed Testing, we provide analyses of alcoholic beverages in accordance with legal regulations, national standards, and individual requirements, as well as addressing problems specific to manufacturers and suppliers.
Key services
Special authenticity testing
- Detection of over-chaptalisation
- Detection of water addition (wetting)
- Detection of alcohol (with control of botanical origin), tartaric acid or exogenous glycerol in wines and other wine products
- Verification of the geographical origin and vintage of wines
- Verification of the type of carbonation for sparkling wines
- Authenticity control of woody aromas
- Profiling of wines by 1H-NMR, enabling comprehensive analysis of grape varieties, geographical origin and conformity with around fifty quantitative parameters.
Compositional and oenological analyses
Identification and quantification of major and minor compounds and testing to meet classic regulatory or export parameters:
- Alcoholic strength by volume
- Dry extract (calculated)
- Density
- PH
- Sugars (fructose, glucose, sucrose)
- Total and free SO2
- Total acidity
- Volatile, and calculated fixed acidity
- Tartaric acid
- Malic and lactic acids
- Compositional analyses according to the official OIV methods or according to the rapid IRTF methods
Residues and contaminants
- Pesticides with broad-spectrum screening and single-residue analysis (e.g. amitrole, glyphosate, dithiocarbomates, etc.)
- Organic contaminants
- Inorganic contaminants
- Heavy metals, such as lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, iron and copper
- Detection of specific allergens in wine: sulfites, casein, albumin, lysozyme, etc.
- Monitoring regarding manufacturing and washing processes
Microbiological safety
- General hygiene control of the production environment
- Specific microbiological analyses, such as Brettanomyces, lactic acid bacteria, acetic acid bacteria, and various microorganisms
Additional services
- Labelling checks, including international labelling
- Development of customer-specific testing methods
Why choose Eurofins Food & Feed Testing?
The analysis of alcoholic beverages is a core competence of Eurofins Food & Feed Testing laboratories. Eurofins Scientific was founded in 1987 with 3 employees to market the SNIF-NMR® technology, a patented analytical method used to verify the origin and purity of several types of food and beverages and identify sophisticated fraud not detectable by other methods. This innovative solution has been recognised by the European Union and the OIV (International Organisation for Vine and Wine) as an official method for verifying the botanical origin of ethanol. For several decades, our Eurofins Food & Feed Testing laboratories have worked closely with alcohol and spirits producers supporting them to safeguard their products, and we are committed to addressing all your needs with our extensive catalogue of analyses.
Get in touch
For small batches, order our most routine testing from Eurofins Testing Direct.
Would you like to find out more about our testing solutions, access our competence centre services, or do you need tailored analytical or consultancy support?
Contact Eurofins Food Testing UK today to speak to our experts by submitting an enquiry form or calling +44 (0) 845 604 6740.