Food and Feed Analysis
Neotron is a leading European provider of analytical services for the food and feed industry. We provide advanced technological methods to test the chemical, microbiological, and molecular composition of food products for our clients.
Analysis services for the agri-food industry is our core business and the sector in which we have gathered over 40 years of technical know-how.
The Food & Feed department of Neotron is composed of a set of sub-departments specialized in chemical, biochemical, microbiological and sensory analysis, equipped with the latest technologies in the sector and subjected to continuous internal and external quality controls.
Food and Feed Departments
Microanalytics
The Microanalytics department is equipped with cutting-edge technologies, such as 30 LC-MS/ MS and 20 GC-MS/MS; analyses that enable to determine pesticides residues, mycotoxins, food additives, vitamins, micropollutants (IPA, MCPD, solvents, …), some types of allergens, and nutritional parameters for the characterization of food (fatty acids, sterols, sugars, …).
Checking for contaminant pesticides residues in different materials has been the first activity implemented since the beginning. Every method has been validated on the specific matrix, to respect the standard requested by the current regulation and by customers.
In the analytical field, our research is focused on developing high resolution methods according with a multi-screening approach, in order to co-determine a great variety of different molecules.
Macroanalytics
The Macroanalytics department deals with the compositional and nutritional characterisation of foods, food supplements and feeds in terms of macro elements and qualitative properties.
Nutritional tests involve the determination of proteins, carbohydrates, fibres and fats, ash, water content, while specific analyses are used to study the characteristics of wines, vinegars, fats and oils, dairy products, baked goods and processed foods in general.
Other determinations concern the analysis of raw materials in accordance with the European Pharmacopoeia, American Pharmacopoeia and Food Chemical Codex.
Physical and chemical-physical analyses are also carried out with dedicated instruments (gamma radioactivity, detection of irradiated foods, viscosity, density, etc.).
Food Contact Materials
Dedicated department dealing with defining and performing compliance tests for materials intended to come into contact with food products. The samples analysed include all categories of materials which may come into contact with foodstuff: flexible and rigid plastic materials, paper, aluminium, metals , and alloys and much more.
Applied methods comply with international regulations, moreover it is possible to create customized protocols based on use and test specifications.
The participation in an international technical network gives us the possibility to constantly stay updated about the most recent technical developments.
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Molecular Biology
The molecular biology techniques used in the department are ELISA, Real Time PCR, Digital PCR and DNA sequencing.
The main application scope is the determination of GMOs, allergens and identification of meat, fish, plant and bacterial species. The analytical techniques applied, together with instrumental determinations performed by other departments, allow to complete the offer for the detection of allergenic foodstuff included in the list provided for by relevant regulation.
Microbiology
The Microbiology Lab, opened at the beginning of 2013, was designed and built according to strict structural criteria, in order to avoid any accidental cross contamination of tested products.
It consists in different areas, each of them dedicated to a specific analytical step and activity (e.g. Challenge test, pathogenic and non-pathogenic organisms).
The analytical techniques applied by Neotron include a wide range of methods ranging from those internal to the official as ISO, AFNOR, USDA, Ph. Eur., GB, etc.
Sen&CA
For more than 25 years, Neotron's Sen&CA department has been carrying out sensory analyses and market researches to help our clients get consistent feedback about their product's performance, characteristics, and quality.
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Neotron is a global leader in testing, analysis, and consulting services on food products, supplements, materials in contact with food (FCM), cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products.
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