Nutraceutical & Food

Dietary Supplement & Natural Products Testing

Identity, potency, contaminants, label-claim verification, botanical authentication and stability for dietary supplements and natural products. Built for nutraceutical brands and contract manufacturers who want pharma-grade rigour without pharma-grade friction.

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What It Covers

Scope of Work

Identity and potency for vitamins, minerals, amino acids and botanicals

Botanical authentication via marker compound and DNA-based methods

Heavy metals, pesticides and mycotoxins screening

Microbial limits and preservative-efficacy testing

Label-claim verification for active ingredients and excipients

Adulteration and substitution screening for high-risk botanicals

Stability studies for shelf-life claim substantiation

Allergen screening for declared and undeclared allergens

How We Do It

Methods & Instrumentation

HPLC / UPLC

Vitamin, marker compound and active assay; potency and label-claim verification.

LC-MS / LC-MS/MS

Pesticide residues, mycotoxins, multi-residue screening.

ICP-MS

Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, As, Hg) and trace mineral quantification.

GC-MS / Headspace

Volatile organic compounds and residual solvents.

UV-Vis / FTIR

Identity confirmation and botanical fingerprinting.

Microbial Limits

TAMC, TYMC and specified-organism testing per USP <2021>/<2022>.

Regulatory Framework

Standards This Work Maps Onto

Methods, documentation and acceptance criteria are designed to align with the standards below. This describes design intent — formal accreditations are listed on the About page.

UK Food Supplements Regulations

EU Directive 2002/46/EC on Food Supplements

FSA / DHSC guidance for UK supplements

USP / Ph. Eur. monographs (where applicable)

NSF / GMP for Sport-style cleanliness expectations

FDA 21 CFR Part 111 (for US-bound product)

What You Receive

Typical Deliverables

CoA aligned to product specification with label-claim assessment

Botanical authentication report with marker-compound data

Contaminants screening report (heavy metals, pesticides, mycotoxins)

Microbial CoA with method-suitability evidence

Stability summary with shelf-life recommendation

Adulteration / substitution investigation reports

Who It's For

Sectors We Support

Nutraceutical brand owners and direct-to-consumer brands

Contract manufacturers producing supplement product lines

Botanical extract suppliers

Sports nutrition brands with banned-substance concerns

Retailers commissioning own-brand supplement ranges

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