Analysis Laboratories and Expertise

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Ensure the quality and safety of your products

In a world where food safety and quality are essential to ensure consumer confidence, it's crucial to call on a reliable partner for the analysis and characterization of your products.

Our vegetable oil and protein analysis laboratories enable you to :

  • guarantee the food safety of your products: by detecting any potential anomalies or contamination, ensuring the safety and conformity of your products.
  • accurately characterize the fat content of your products: recognized by quality labels, our analyses guarantee precise, reliable results.
  • carry out sensory analyses of your oils and proteins: our panel of experts is approved by the COI for olive oil tasting
  • study the rheological behavior and texture of your fatty phases: to optimize the consistency, stability and consumer experience of your fatty phases.

Our laboratory, a leader in the analysis of vegetable oils and fats, mobilizes high-level expertise, validated by COFRAC accreditation (scope available at www.cofrac.fr) for a wide range of analyses.

This recognition testifies to our ability to deliver accurate and reliable results, essential for the development, innovation and quality assurance of food products. To meet your specific requirements, we offer Services on a wide range of dies.

Entrust us with your analyses and discover the excellence of our services.

Pictograms representing areas of analysis: fats, dairy products, food products, animal feed, cosmetics, nutraceuticals/pharmaceuticals, bio-based products and plant proteins.
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Certified services

 Cofrac - ESSAIS logo, indicating accreditation no. 1-0171 for analyses, with contact details for www.cofrac.fr.
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Approval for :

  • sensory analysis of virgin olive oils (01/12/2024 - 30/11/2025)
  • physico-chemical analysis of olive oils and olive-pomace oils - Type B: In-depth analysis and Type C: Analysis of residues and contaminants (01/12/2024 - 30/11/2025)

Quality control, liberatory analysis, food fraud

Glyceride fraction🧫

🧪Iodine index

🧪Saponification index

🧪Hydroxyl index

🧪Fattyacid composition(cis/trans)

🧪Glyceride composition

🧪Triglyceride composition(C number)

🧪Fatty acidsin position 2 (on TG and PL)

🧪EMAG: ester content

🧪EMAG: glyceride and glycerol content
OPO - C52

🧪Triglyceride composition(number of partitions)

🧪Polarlipid composition

🧪OPO

🧪Phosphorus

Unsaponifiable🧫

🧪Unsaponifiable matter content (hexane/diethyl ether)

🧪Sterols

🧪Waxes

🧪Natural hydrocarbons

🧪Alcohols, fatty, terpenic

🧪Squalene

🧪Glycosilated sterols

🧪Tocopherols (Vitamin E)

🧪Vitamin A

🧪Carotenoids

🧪Polar lipid composition 


(ceramides, cerebrosides...)

🧪Polyphenols

🧪CoQ9/CoQ10

🧪Chlorophyll

Alterations🧫

🧪Acidityor Acid Index

🧪Peroxide index

🧪Rancimat/Oxipres

🧪 Oven ageing test

🧪Polar compounds

🧪Individualfree fatty acids, 1,2 and 1,3 diglycerides

🧪Alkylesters

🧪Aldehydesand volatiles

🧪Residual solvents

🧪Tocopherols

🧪Antioxidants(ascorbyl palmitate,

BHA, BHT, gallates, TBHQ,...)

🧪Triglyceride polymers

🧪Pyropheophytin

🧪Gamma- Oryzanol

🧪Karitene

🧪Specific extractionsat 232 and 270 nm

🧪TBA index

🧪Para-anisidine index

Purity/Adulteration🧫

🧪Stigmastadiene

🧪Fatty acids, sterols

🧪Triglyceride composition (MGLA, cocoa butter)

🧪Tocopherols

🧪ECN42 (HOVE)

🧪Triglyceride composition

🧪Extinctions specific to 232 and 270nm

Sensory analysis🧫

🧪Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Panel test

🧪Vegetable proteins (isolates, concentrates, flours)

🧪Virgin oils: descriptive analysis

🧪Refined oils: comparative analysis

🧪Oils: descriptive analyses - detection of defects (rancid, soapy taste)

🧪Test Room Odor: thermo-oxidation

Physical measurements🧫

🧪Density

🧪 Melting point

🧪Solid content by NMR - DSC

🧪Shukoff

🧪Color Lovibond, Gardner...

🧪Viscosity, flow test...

🧪 Flash point

Undesirable/FAN*🧫

*FAN anti-nutritional factors

🧪Eau and volatiles (oven 103°C)

🧪Eau Karl Fischer

🧪Insoluble impurities

🧪Savons

🧪Isoflavones

🧪Vicine/Convicine

🧪Phytic acid

🧪Glucosinolatedegradation products

🧪Fe, Cu, Ni, P, Al, Se, Si, Na, Ca, Mg, K, S, Pb, As, Cd, Sn, Cr, Hg

Potential toxicants / Contaminants🧫

🧪Hexaneresidual

🧪Chlorinated solvents

🧪Methanol

🧪Pesticides

🧪Phthalates

🧪MCPDesters / Glycidol esters

🧪BTEX

🧪HydrocarbonsAromatiques / Polycycliques (HAP dont BaP)

🧪MOSH/MOAH- Mineral oil

🧪Fe, Cu, Ni, P, Al, Se, Si, Na, Ca, Mg, K, S, Pb, As, Cd, Sn, Cr, Hg

 

Innovation and Excellence in Analytical Methods: Our Institute's Commitment

 

- Development of Advanced Analytical Methods

Our vegetable oil and protein analysis laboratories develop cutting-edge analytical methods, which are always benchmarked because they are carried out with the support of expertise resourced at the highest level. These new methods meet the needs of industry, and most are subject toCOFRAC accreditationaccreditation (scope available on www.cofrac.fr), guaranteeing their quality and robustness as reference standards.

- Investment in new equipment

Our institute also demonstrates its commitment to scientific excellence by regularly investing in new equipment. These investments enable us tocontinually innovate, expand our expertise and respond precisely to complex industry challenges with high-quality analytical methods.

- Innovating to meet the challenges of industry

Innovation is at the heart of our strategy to stay at the forefront of the industry's ever-changing needs. Thanks to our state-of-the-art equipment, we can develop analytical methods that will set the standards for tomorrow.

Our latest analysis methods

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Vicine Convicine

The determination of vicine and convicine is very important for assessing the nutritional qualities of faba beans. We carry out the analysis on all matrices.

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Isoflavones

Our accredited method enables isoflavones to be measured in all processed soy products, and in all the molecular forms they contain.

Find out more about our method

Managing the potential risks of isoflavones

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Mosh Moah

Our method for determining mineral oil content meets a strong demand from our customers for an accredited analysis with a low limit of quantification.

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Vicine Convicine

The determination of vicine and convicine is very important for assessing the nutritional qualities of faba beans. We carry out the analysis on all matrices.

Read more

Whole soybeans on a white background.

Isoflavones

Our accredited method enables isoflavones to be measured in all processed soy products, and in all the molecular forms they contain.

Read more

Pipette dropping yellow oil onto a white background.

Mosh Moah

Our method for determining mineral oil content meets a strong demand from our customers for an accredited analysis with a low limit of quantification.

Read more

A high-performance team and equipment

Covering an area of 1,200 m², our vegetable oil and protein analysis laboratories cover the fields of physico-chemical and sensory analysis. Our teams and platforms are a valuable operational resource for industrial players, whether on a one-off or regular basis (compositional analysis, quality control, release analysis), or in the event of a health crisis.

Our research themes

"Preventing and eliminating chemical contamination

"Protect, qualify, trace and authenticate vegetable oils".

 

  • Controlling contamination of vegetable oils
  • In-depth study of oxidation mechanisms and phenomenological modeling
  • FT-NIR multi-molecule assay feasibility and development of calibration models
  • Development of a method for determining cyanogenic glycosides
  • Development of a method for determining alpha-galactosides
  • Aminogram: validation of a method for determining essential amino acids in meal and protein powders

Why trust us?

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Knowledge

  • Our expertise is recognized by official international bodies.
  • We invest in research and development to stay at the cutting edge of technology, which translates into innovative, precision analysis methods.
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Soft skills

  • Our commitment to customer satisfaction is our top priority, translating into quality analytical services and lasting relationships built on trust.
  • We ensure the confidentiality, integrity and transparency of our results.
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Know-how

  • Our laboratories are equipped with the latest technology, enabling advanced analyses and high-quality results.
  • We tailor our analysis methods to your specific needs, guaranteeing tailor-made solutions.

Our procedure for handling customer complaints is available on request from your usual contacts.

Why trust us?

Stylized magnifying glass symbolizing scientific research or expertise.

Knowledge

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Soft skills

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Know-how

Our procedure for handling customer complaints is available on request from your usual contacts.

Our team is ready to listen!

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Franck DEJEAN

Department manager / Business manager

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Hugues GRIFFON

Business Manager

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Laura BRUNSART

Business Manager

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Lionel LAGARDERE

Production Manager / Business Manager

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LoïcLEITNER

Analytical Development Manager

Our team is ready to listen!

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Franck DEJEAN

Department manager / Business manager

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Laura BRUNSART

Business Manager

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Hugues GRIFFON

Business Manager

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Lionel LAGARDERE

Production Manager / Business Manager

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LoïcLEITNER

Analytical Development Manager

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