Articles — Food Testing
Botanical Identity and Purity Testing
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As part of current good manufacturing practices (GMP), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires a dietary supplement to consistently meet established specifications for identity, purity, strength, and composition. A botanical represents a highly complex mixture of natural compounds. Botanicals used in dietary supplements contain any part of a plant or a preparation of a plant, including extracts. The chemical composition of botanicals varies based on numerous factors, including where a plant is grown, its developmental stage, and harvesting methods. It may appear that GMP testing for botanicals is more complex than for synthetic pharmaceuticals. High-performance thin-layer chromatography...
Heavy Metals Testing Requirements
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Heavy metal analytical testing is a must to meet regulations and inform consumers. Inductively Coupled Plasma with Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) testing quantifies heavy metal content in ranges as low as parts per trillion. ICP-MS testing is the most accurate and cost-effective method to determine if a product requires Prop 65 mandated warnings.
Stability Testing
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Brand owners and contract manufacturers go to great lengths to produce a finished product that meets consumer needs. That same product can then remain on a shelf for a long time. Determining if the product will degrade, and consequently decrease in quality, benefits the consumer and the brand owner. Conducting a Stability Test on your product enables you to establish a “best by”, “use before”, or expiration date. After that date, the quality of the product is no longer guaranteed.
The Benefits of ICP-MS for Dietary Supplements and Food
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There is nothing more expensive for a company than a recall. Public safety issues cause recalls. When recalls happen, the brand owner eats every cost associated with producing and distributing their product. For food, dietary supplements, and cosmetics, recalls occur when the product contains harmful microorganisms or heavy metals.
Identity and Concentration Testing with HPLC
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High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), formerly referred to as high-pressure liquid chromatography, is a technique in analytical chemistry used to separate, identify, and quantify each component in a mixture. It relies on pumps to pass a pressurized liquid solvent containing the sample mixture through a column filled with a solid absorbent material. Each component in the sample interacts slightly differently with the adsorbent material, causing different flow rates for the different components and leading to the separation of the components as they flow out of the column.