Food and Dietary Supplement Analysis

Our nutritional food supplement department is staffed with skilled scientists that have expertise in nutritional label claims, vitamins and minerals analysis, dietary supplements and enzymes, functional foods, and botanical/herbal supplements. AAL's nutritional lab is equipped with state-of-the art instruments, such as HPLC, gas chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, ICP mineral analysis, and ion chromatography.

Nutritional Label Claims

The Nutritional Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) of 1990 mandated nutrient labeling on almost all foods and food supplement sold in the U.S. AAL adopted AOAC International, and other companies published equivalent methods for nutritional labeling. This includes vitamin analysis by HPLC, cholesterol by gas chromatography, fatty acid profile, and methyl ester gas chromatography.

NLEA 1990 Nutritional Label Claims Analysis Includes:

Proximate Analysis:

• Calorie
• Moisture
• Protein
• Fat
• Ash
  

Vitamin Analysis

Adamson Analytical Laboratories specializes in analyzing vitamins by AOAC and USP monogram by utilizing superior instruments such as HPLC to analyze the oil-soluble and water-soluble vitamin products. The matrices include nutritional supplements USP, dietary nutritional bars, sports nutritional mixes, pharmaceutical raw materials, cosmetic products, vet products, and animal feeds. The analysis methods are according to USP monograph, nutritional supplements, AOAC International, and FCC method.

 

Oil Soluble Vitamins

Water Soluble Vitamin

Mineral Analysis

Mineral nutrients present in the food and dietary supplement are analyzed by ICP inductive couple plasma. The heavy metals are concentrated and analyzed by graphite analysis. Iodine and phosphorus are analyzed by wet chemistry according to USP monograph.

Mineral Nutrients

Heavy Metals

Dietary Supplement Analysis

Dietary supplement analysis is an integral part of the testing done at AAL. Like all studies and tests performed at AAL, the dietary supplement analysis is conducted only under USP, BP, EP, AOAC, FCC, or approved published methods, with extra security or our own stringent guidelines regarding accuracy, cleanliness and confidentiality. AAL analyzes dietary supplement using HPLC and GC. Our dietary supplement analytical service covers amino acids analysis, digestive enzymes analysis, dietary active, sports nutrition, weight maintenance nutrition, and botanical herbal supplement. If you have questions regarding any supplements not listed, please feel free to call or send us an E-mail for more information.

Amino Acid Analysis

Partial List of Dietary Supplements Analysis

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