Epta Nord carries out nutritional analysis for the preparation of Italian and foreign nutritional labels.
NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS / CENTESIMAL COMPOSITION (REGUE 1169/2011):
- Energy value (Kcal, KJ)
- Fat
- Saturated fatty acids
- Carbohydrates
- Sugar composition
- Dietary fiber
- Proteins
- Salt
- Humidity
- Ashes
OTHER ANALYSIS:
• Starches
• Calcium
• Acidic composition on the lipid fraction
• Sweeteners
• Iron
• Dietary fiber
• Polyalcohols
• Sodium
• Vitamins
FATTY ACIDS / STEROLS
(Saturated, Mono-, Polyunsaturated, TRANS, OMEGA three and six, Free volatile fatty acids, Sterols, Cholesterol, Fatty acid ratios, Sterol composition, Triglycerides – Fat component characterization)
AMINO ACIDS COMPOSITION- FREE / TOTAL AMINO ACIDS
CHARACTERIZATION OF FATS / OILS
• Total acidity
• Waxes
• Acidic composition / Fatty acids
• Sterol composition / Sterols
• Hexanal
• Thiobarbiturate number
• No. p-anisidine
• No. of iodine
• Number of peroxides
• Total oxidation number
• Sage of rancidity (Kreis)
• Triglycerides
DEGREE OF MATURATION OF MEAT PRODUCTS
• Lipolysis index
• Proteolysis index
FRESHNESS INDEX OF FISH / FISH PRODUCTS
• Trimethylamine (TMA)
• Total volatile basic nitrogen (ABVT)
• Formaldehyde
• Biogenic amines (histamine, cadaverine, putrescine, spermidine and spermine)
MAIN MATRICES ANALIZED
- Waters intended for human consumption
- Additives, ingredients, preservatives, thickeners
- Organic food
- Infants formulae and baby food
- Aromas
- Alcohol-free drinks
- Coffee and cocoa
- Candies, sweets and sugar products
- Meat and meat products
- Cereals, food flours and grains
- Jams, vegetable preserves
- Flours
- Offal
- Dried fruit
- Mushrooms
- Ice cream and desserts
- Ice
- Grains
- Dietary supplements
- Milk, cheese and other dairy products
- Legumes
- Honey and beekeeping products
- Animal oils and fats
- Olives and derivatives
- Fruit and vegetables and derivatives, fourth range fruit and vegetables
- Pastas
- Pastry and creams
- Fish, fish products and fish preserves
- Dehydrated preparations for tea, infusions and chamomiles
- Herbal products and medicinal plants
- Bakery products
- Gastronomy products
- Frozen products
- Salt
- Sauces and gastronomy products
- Cured meat
- Syrups
- Seeds, oilseeds fruits and extraction flours
- Snacks
- In oil and pickles
- Spices, herbs
- Fruit juices
- Surfaces (buffers, sponge bags, slides, plates)
- Tea, infusions, herbal teas
- Eggs and egg products
- Wines and spirits
- Yogurt
- Sugar and molasses
