- Concept: Identifying brand differentiators and testing concepts for product positioning
- Formulation: Developing and optimizing formulas to meet nutritional requirements and ensure stability
- Product Development: Prototype development, scale-up support, and alignment with industry trends
- Line Extensions: Exploring new product forms and ensuring brand continuity
- Ingredient Functionality Profiling: Build database of fully characterized protein ingredients for best performance per product application.
Plant-Based Food Testing Services
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Your partner for plant-based food testing.
Plant-based foods and alternative protein products are rapidly growing in global markets as consumers seek sustainable, animal-free options. This surge in demand has driven innovation in plant-based ingredients and formulations, creating exciting new opportunities—and unique testing challenges.
At Eurofins, we understand the complexity and diversity of plant-based and vegan products, from plant-based meats and dairy alternatives to snacks, beverages, protein powders, vitamins, and desserts. Each product type requires specialized testing to ensure safety, quality, and compliance.
Comprehensive Plant-Based Food Testing Solutions
Backed by a global network of ISO 17025-accredited laboratories, we support every stage of your product life cycle—from concept development to commercialization. We offer a comprehensive suite of plant-based food testing services to ensure quality, safety, and compliance.
Product Development Support
Investigative Analysis
- Basic microscopy work for foreign matter and filth testing
- Advanced investigative work including FTIR, SEM-EDXA, Raman and others
- Packaging review: Failures and changes to packaging surfaces, coatings, and adhesive
- Spoilage: Investigate root cause of spoiled products and customer complaints
- Product Changes: review new ingredient vendors or sources, off flavors and off odors, and foreign materials in products
- Migration testing
- Shelf-Life and Stability Studies
Nutritional Analysis
- Vitamin, mineral, and active ingredient analysis
- Protein, amino acids, and PDCAAS
- NLEA nutrition label testing
Contaminant Testing
- Precise detection and quantification of pesticides and herbicides including compounds listed in Regulation (EU) 2016/127 and Directive 2006/125/EC
- Mycotoxin screening including aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, zearalenone, T2 and HT-2 toxins and more
- Heavy metals
Microbiology and Probiotic Testing
- Rapid identification of pathogen bacteria such as Salmonella and Listeria spp.
- Yeast, mold, aerobic plate count (APC), and other enumeration testing
- Microbial challenge studies and process validations
Allergen Detection & Adulteration Screening
- Detection of undeclared soy, gluten, and other allergenic proteins across complex matrices
- Supplier verification
- Change-over validation and verification
GMO Detection
- Verify label claims for non-GMO products
- Support for Non-GMO Project Verification and global export compliance
Cross-Contamination with Animal Proteins / Material
- Meat speciation testing via real-time PCR to detect even trace amounts of animal DNA
- ELISA based Detection for animal proteins
- Supplier verification
- Change-over validation and verification
Label Claim Support
- Whether for clean-label initiatives, vegan certification, or international trade requirements, our lab’s capabilities help support accurate ingredient labeling and consumer transparency.
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