Coconut & Coconut Products (Natural Plants Derivatives) Testing

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

• Test for rancidity
• Suspended or other foreign matter
• Separated water
• Added colouring substances
• Added flavouring substances
• Mineral oil
• Butyro-refractometer at 40°C
• Refractive Index at 40°C
• Saponification value
• Iodine value
• Polenske Value
• Unsaponifiable matter
• Acid value
• Test for Argemone Oil
• Moisture
• Insoluble impurities
• Peroxide Value
• Test for Argemone Oil
• Total Solids % (w/w)
• Solids Not-Fat
• Fat % (w/w) (Minimum)
• pH
• Total Ash
• Acidity of Extracted Fat expressed as Lauric Acid
• Oil content
• Sulphur Dioxide
• FFA (of extracted fat as lauric acid)
• Bulk Density g/ml
• Ash insoluble in dilute
• Hcl
• Total Protein
• Crude Fibre
• Fat Content
• Hexane (Food grade)

NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS AND LABELLING

• Energy
• Protein
• Carbohydrates
• Total Sugar
• Added Sugar
• Fat
• Dietary Fiber
• Cholesterol

FATTY ACID PROFILE & TRANS FATTY ACIDS

• Saturated Fatty Acid
• Trans Fatty Acid
• Mono Saturated Fatty
• Acids (MUFA)
• Poly Saturated Fatty
• Acids (PUFA)

MINERALS

• Zinc

MYCOTOXINS

• Total Aflatoxin
• Aflatoxin B1
• Aflatoxin B2
• Aflatoxin G1
• Aflatoxin G2

PHYSICAL AND GENERAL PARAMETERS

• Living and Dead Insect
• Visible to the Naked Eye
• Foreign Matter /
• Extraneous Matter
• Mould
• Insect Damaged Units/
• Insect fragment
• Fungal Infection,
• Rodent Hair and
• Excreta, Stones, Dirt
• Clay/ rodent
• Contamination
• Taste
• Flavour and odour
• Free from Mustiness and Rancidity
• Extraneous Vegetable Matter
• Filled (product)
• Capacity of the
• Container for Rigid
• Containers/Fill of the Container
• Added colouring or flavouring matter
• Rodent Hair & Excreta
• Insect or Fungus infestation
• Added colouring matter
• Added Flavouring matter

MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS

• Faecal coliform
• Faecal streptococci (Enterococci)
• Incubation test at 37°C for 10 days & 55°C for 7 days
• Listeria monocytogenes & Listeria sp.
• Shigella sp.
• Vibrio cholera & V.parahemolyticus
• Aciduric Flat sour organism (Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris)
• Anaerobic spore count (Clostridia Spore)
• Bacillus cereus
• Clostridium perfringens
• E.coli
• Enterobacteriaceae
• Heat -Resistant Molds
• Lactic Acid Bacteria (mesophilic)
• Mesophilic aerobic spore count (B.cererus)
• Mould Count
• S. aureus
• Coagulase positive
• Staphylococci
• Salmonella sp.
• Sulphite reducing clostridia
• Thermophilic Flat sour spore formers
• Total Coliform Count
• Total Plate Count
• Total Viable Count
• Yeast & Spores
• Yeast and Mould count
• Enterobacteriaceae

METALS RESIDUES

• Arsenic
• Copper Oxy-Chloride as copper
• Lead
• Methyl mercury as element
• Tin
• Cadmium
• Chromium
• Copper
• Mercury
• Nickel
• Zinc

NOTS

• Agaric Acid
• Hypercine
• Safrole
• Hydrocyanic acid

• OTHER CONTAMINANTS
• Melamine

ADDITIVES TESTING

• POLYSORBATES
• Acesulfame potassium
• Allura red AC
• Aspartame- acesulfame salt
• Aspartame
• Annatto
• BENZOATES
• Brilliant blue FCF
• CAROTENOIDS (beta- carotene)
• Curcumin
• Diacetyltartaric and fatty acid esters of glycerol
• Fast green FCF
• Indigotine (Indigo carmine)
• Neotame
• SORBATES
• Ponceau 4R
• RIBOFLAVINS
• SACCHARINS
• Steviol glycosides
• Sucralose (Trichlorogalactosucrose)
• Sunset yellow FCF
• Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids
• Caramel III – ammonia caramel(as caramel)
• Caramel IV – sulfite ammonia caramel(as caramel) beta-Carotenes, vegetable (as Beta-Carotene)
• Phosphate as Phosphorus
• Sulfites (as SO2)

ALLERGENS TESTINGS

• Celery
• Mollusc
• Gluten
• Soya
• Milk
• Egg
• Fish
• Crustacean
• Lupin
• Peanut
• Almond
• Cashew
• Hazelnut
• Walnut
• Pistachio
• Sesame
• Mustard,
• Sulphur Dioxide & Sulphite
• Coconut

• RAPID ANALYSIS OF PATHOGEN
• E.coli
• E.coli o157:H7
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Salmonella,
• Staphylococcus aureus,
• Ligionella sp
• Clostridium botulinum

PESTICIDE RESIDUES

• Abamectin
• Acetamiprid
• Aldicarb
• Azinphos-Methyl
• Azoxystrobin
• Fludioxonil
• Bentazone
• Bifenazate
• Bifenthrin
• Boscalid
• Buprofezin
• Chlorfenvinphos
• Isomers
• Chlorobenzilate
• Captan
• Chlorantraniliprole
• Chlordane
• Chlorothalonil
• Chlorpyrifos
• Clethodim
• Clofentazine
• Clothianidin
• Cypermethrin Isomers
• Cyprodinil
• Deltamethrin
• Diazinon
• Difenoconazole
• Diflubenzuron
• Dimethenamid
• Disulfoton
• Dithianon
• Alpha-Endosulphan
• Ethion
• Endosulphan Sulphate
• Beta-Endosulphan
• Etoxazole
• Fenamiphos
• Fenarimol
• Fenbuconazole
• Fenbutatin Oxide
• Fenhexamid
• Fenpyroximate
• Flubendiamide
• Fluopyram
• Flutriafol
• Fluxapyroxad
• Hexythiazox
• Imazapic
• Imidacloprid
• Indoxacarb
• Iprodione
• Lambda-cyhalothrin
• Metalaxyl
• Methidathion
• Methiocarb
• Methoxyfenozide
• Oxamyl
• Penthiopyrad
• Permethrin
• Phosalone
• Phosmet
• Piperonyl Butoxide
• Propargite
• Propiconazole
• Prothioconazole
• Malathion
• Bitertanol
• Myclobutanil
• Pyrimethanil
• Quintozene
• Saflufenacil
• Spirodiclofen
• Spinetoram
• Pyraclostrobin
• Tebuconazole
• Tebufenozide
• Thiacloprid
• Thiamethoxam
• Trifloxystrobin
• Benomyl
• Carbendazim
• Carbaryl
• Ethephon
• Alachlor
• Inorganic bromide as bromide
• Chlormequat Chloride
• Carbofuran
• Quizalofop-ethyl
• Dichlorvos
• Dithiocarbamates as CS2 (ferbam, Metiram ziram, mancozeb, maneb, zineb, nabam,Propineb)
• Emamectin Benzoate
• Trichlorfon
• Phenthoate
• Phorate
• Metiram as CS2
• EpoxIconazole
• Fenoxy-prop-p-ethyl
• Fenvalerate
• Fluazifop-p-butyl
• Fluchloralin
• Flusilazole
• Hexaconazole
• Imazethapyr
• Methomyl
• Oxyfluorfen
• Pendimethalin
• Quinolphos
• Fomesafen
• Imazamox
• Monocrotophos

OTHER PARAMETERS

• Sensory Evaluation
• Shelf Life Testing
• Molecular testing
• GMOs
• Enzymatic Assays
• ETO and ECH Testing
• MCPDs and GE Testing
• Food Application and recipe engineering
• Radioactive Residues
• Steroids and Hormone
• Testing
• Protein and DNA BASED testing
• Dioxins, PCBs, PAHs & Furans

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