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Cereals & Cereal Foods

Rice & Wheat are Cereal staples for humans and livestock feed in most countries and also constitute raw material for many of our foods and certain beverages. Others are rye, oats, barley, maize, triticale, millet, sorghum and soybean (though it is a legume). Cereals contain carbohydrate, protein, fiber and micronutrients- Vitamins E & B, Magnesium and Zinc. Milling and like processes yield wheat, rye, and oat flours and semolina, cornmeal, corn grits used to prepare breakfast cereals, pasta, snack foods, dry mixes, cakes, pastries, tortillas and as batters and coatings, thickeners and sweeteners, processed meats, infant foods, confectionary products, and beverages such as beer.

Contamination of Cereals by rodent hair and excreta, bolting and dressing the said wheat meal on account of humidity, temperature, sunlight, frost, soil conditions, wind, insect, bird and rodent activity, harvesting equipment, use of pesticides and during storage and handling.

EFRAC offers full spectrum of testing & analytics for Cereals and Cereal foods for meeting the requirements of the clients. With superior infrastructural and technological power, our research lab has been offering accurate results at minimum risks. At EFRAC, the food analysis division engage in a wide range of analysis for providing quality testing to the clients in order to ensure complete food safety for future generations.

PARAMETERS

• Physical Analysis (Husk, Straws, Weed seeds & other Inedible grains and paddy (for Rice) • Toxic seeds (Argemone, Mexicana, Kesari) • Ergot affected grain & Kernel bunt grains • Weevilled grains • Textural properties • Viscosity • Chemical Analysis (Uric Acid, Aflatoxin, DON-wheat only) • Benzoyl peroxide • Potassium bromate • Hexane (Food grade) • Sesame flour (Oxalic Acid) • Cottonseed flour (Available Lysine, Free & Total Gossypol • Nutritional Analysis (Crude Fibre, Total Protein, Ascorbic Acid) • Proximate Analysis (Granularity, Moisture, Total Ash, Ash insoluble in dilute HCl), Alcoholic acidity Analysis • Allergen Analysis (Gluten) • Heavy metals & Pesticide residues • Mycotoxins (Aflatoxins & Ochratoxins), Microbiological Analysis

METHOD OF ANALYSIS

• FSSAI Laboratory Manual • IS • ISO • AOAC • Codex • AOCS

INSTRUMENTS

• HPLC • GC-FID • GC-MS • LC-MS • UPLC • ICP-MS • ICP-OES • AAS • IC • ELISA