We provide thorough testing services for nuts and nut-based products, including almonds, cashews, walnuts, nut butters, trail mixes, and snacks.
Our tests evaluate factors such as allergen content, microbial contamination, fat and protein levels, preservatives, and compliance with food safety standards.
These evaluations ensure the safety, quality, and nutritional value of your products, giving you healthy and delicious options for every occasion.

Chemical Analysis Parameters

Physical & Contaminant Parameters

• Free from added flavouring
• Free from colouring matter / added colour
• Free from dead insects
• Free from evidence of fermentation
• Free from extraneous matter
• Free from extraneous vegetable matter
• Free from foreign matter
• Free from foreign smell and/or taste
• Free from insect damage / damage caused by insects or other parasites
• Free from insect fragments
• Free from living insects
• Free from living insects and mites
• Free from mould
• Free from mustiness
• Free from non-edible seeds such as mahua, caster, neem or argemone
• Free from odour and taste
• Free from off flavour
• Free from off odour
• Free from preservatives
• Free from rancidity
• Free from rodent contamination
• Free from visible foreign matter
• Free from visible mold

Physical Appearance & Defects

• Blemishes and discoloration
• Chipped and scratched
• Doubles and twins
• Gummy and brown spot
• Inshell almonds, shell or skin fragments
• Rancid, rotten or damaged by insects and other pests
• Shrunken and shriveled kernels / not sufficiently developed
• Split, broken and halves
• Damaged discoloured units
• Damaged kernel (including slightly damaged)
• Empty shells
• Unopened shells
• Mouldy shells
• Speckled or spotted (black or brown)
• Superficial damage
• Total tolerances
• Other edible seeds
• Immature or deformed/shrivelled kernels

Chemical Parameters

• Acid-insoluble ash (on dry basis)
• Acid value (as oleic acid)
• Acidity of extracted oil/fat (as oleic acid)
• Crude fiber (on dry basis)
• Fat content
• Free fatty acid (as oleic acid)
• Moisture
• Moisture content (percent by mass)
• Oil content
• Peroxide value
• Protein
• Total ash (on dry basis)

Heavy Metals:

• Arsenic (as As)  
• Cadmium (as Cd)  
• Copper (as Cu)  
• Lead (as Pb)  
• Mercury (as Hg)  
• Methyl Mercury (as CH3Hg)  
• Tin (as Sn)

Pesticide Residues:

• Carbendazim  
• Chlorantraniliprole  
• Edifenphos  
• Ethion  
• Flubendiamide  
• Imidacloprid  
• Indoxacarb  
• Kresoxim Methyl  
• Malathion  
• Monocrotophos  
• Phosalone  
• Pyraclostrobin  
• Tebuconazole  
• Thiophanate-methyl  
• Triadimefon

Naturally Occurring Toxic Substances (NOTs):

• Agaric acid  
• Hydrocyanic acid  
• Hypericine  
• Melamine  
• Safrole

Aflatoxins and Mycotoxins:

• Aflatoxin M1  

Microbiological Analysis Parameters

• Aerobic Plate count
• Bacillus cereus
• Coliform Count
• E. Coli 0157 and Vero or Shiga toxin producing E. coli
• Enterobacteriaceae
• Escherichia coli
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Salmonella
• Shigella
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Staphylococcus aureus (Coagulase +ve)
• Sulphite Reducing Clostridia
• Thermophilic Flat Sour Sporeformers
• Vibrio cholerae
• Vibrio parahaemolyticus
• Yeast & Mould count