Food & Supplement Testing
Independent analysis of what is in food and supplements: contaminants, certifications, and label claims tested against the data.
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Creatine Purity: Testing for Creatinine and By-Products
Three specific compounds tell an analyst whether creatine was synthesised carefully or rushed, and all three are routinely measured.
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Infant Formula Testing and Why It Is So Tightly Controlled
Formula is often the only food an infant receives for months, and the testing regime around it is built entirely on that uncomfortable fact.
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Organic Verification: What Testing Can and Cannot Prove
Organic is a claim about how food was produced, not a property of the food itself, which is why paperwork rather than laboratory testing does most…
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Gluten Testing: Where the Twenty Parts Per Million Came From
The twenty parts per million limit is not a measure of zero gluten. It comes from dose-response research and from the practical limits of the assays…
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Vitamin Degradation: Why Potency Falls Before Expiry
Vitamins start losing potency the day they are made, which is why manufacturers deliberately put more in the bottle than the label claims.
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Caffeine Content Variance Between Identical Drinks
Two cups from the same machine on the same morning can differ substantially in caffeine. Here is where the variation comes from and how to allow…
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DNA Barcoding Herbal Supplements: Promise and Pitfalls
DNA testing can prove which plant went into a capsule, but only if the product still contains readable DNA. Most extracts do not.
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Olive Oil Fraud and the Laboratory Tests That Expose It
Extra virgin is a legal grade with measurable criteria, and one of those criteria is a trained human nose. Here is what the laboratory actually checks.
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Honey Authenticity: Testing for Syrup Adulteration
Every test developed to catch diluted honey has been answered by a syrup engineered to pass it, which is why the methods keep getting more elaborate.
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Seafood Substitution: When the Fish Is Not the Fish
Once a fish is filleted, skinned and cooked, almost nothing visible identifies the species, and DNA testing keeps finding that the label is optimistic.
