VITAMIN ANALYSIS
Trace amounts of organic compounds called vitamins are essential for the normal growth and health of organisms. The most common sources of Vitamins are food and/or dietary supplementation. Many believe that it controls many physiological functions of an organism. These physiological functions include primarily catalytic functions (coenzymes), controlling functions (hormone-like substances), and protection from free radical damage. Deficiency diseases caused by a lack of vitamins include circulatory disturbances, metabolic disorders, anemia, and muscular atrophy. As a result, buyers must know the vitamin contents in their foods because they need to understand and regulate how much of each is taken at any given time, this could be achieved through vitamin analysis. Knowledge based on thorough analysis of what various foods contain becomes essential for individual consumer’s efforts toward optimizing and maximizing daily intakes.
IMPORTANCE OF VITAMIN ANALYSIS
In the modern food industry, it is highly relevant to learn what is in the food we eat. That is the reason, why vitamin analysis, or checking the vitamins in our food, is most important. Just because some products of food are labeled as containing vitamins, you shouldn’t trust them until you look into them.
Why is that? Of course, you might say that the tags are not always exact. Mistakes can arise in the production process, or the content of vitamins might alter with time. Through vitamin analysis, companies ensure that the food label information is consistent with what is present in the food itself.
Try thinking of yourself eating a cereal that claims to be rich in vitamins. You want to ensure that you have gotten the full value for your money, do you not? Vitamin analysis makes sure that cereal has the vitamins that it is labeled with. Through this, it will ensure the label and you can trust and feel confident of the food you’re eating.
On the other hand, some foodstuffs are infused with additional vitamins to make them healthier. However, how can we be sure about these additional vitamins? That’s when you need vitamin analysis. Companies test their vitamins to ensure that the levels of the added nutrients are optimal in each dosage provided so that you are sure of getting the full health benefits they offer.
The other essential point about vitamin testing is to secure food safety. Some vitamins, such as A and D, are unsafe if consumed more than the recommended levels. To ensure the safety of their products, companies should monitor the amounts of these vitamins and ensure that they do not affect customers.
So, even though food products come with labels telling us what vitamins they contain, it’s still essential to do vitamin analysis. It helps verify the accuracy of the labels, ensures the added vitamins are at the right levels, and guarantees the safety of the food we eat.
WHY VITAMIN ANALYSIS MATTERS FOR DIFFERENT FOODS
Have you ever thought about how companies know how many vitamins are in the food? Here lies the role of vitamin analysis! That’s where CVR Labs steps in! Think of vitamin analysis like a detective solving a mystery, calculating the precise amounts of specific vitamins found in your food. It’s a crucial process that varies depending on the type of food being tested.
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGGIES:
Are the labels right? Vitamin testing allows farms and stores to double-check if the labels on their fruits and veggies reflect the vitamin level of each individual. This way you can see what you’re eating!
Picking the best time:
In parallel to some fruits that taste better during the different seasons, vitamins can change as well. Testing is that it allows the harvesting of fruits when they have the most vitamins.
PROCESSED FOODS:
Keeping vitamins fresh:
Some vitamins may be lost during the cooking and freezing processes. The food sector can make use of testing technologies to keep the food products fresh but have all the important vitamins.
Adding a vitamin boost:
Some of the processed foods even have the extra vitamins added to them. Testing ensures that the exact amount is added so you get what you expect to get.
SPECIAL HEALTH FOODS:
Making sure they work:
Sometimes foods are made extra healthy because they have high levels of certain vitamins. To ensure foods have the correct level of vitamins which can lead to beneficial claims, the companies need to make tests.
Science says so!:
Testing confirms that these health foods are more than just marketing claims; rather, they truly fulfill the functions they advertise.
Hence, the next time you select a healthy snack or a fresh vegetable, realize that knowledge of the vitamin content is important for ensuring that it has all the nutrients your body needs!
CVR Labs Vitamin Analysis Services
CVR Labs is a renowned vitamin analytical service provider. Food manufacturers and retailers require accurate and reliable vitamin testing services in processing and production to meet labelling requirements. Utilising a wide range of modern analytical techniques, we strive to offer quality vitamin analytical services at competitive prices and fast turnaround without compromising accuracy. Our analytical services cover water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins.
| WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS | FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS |
|---|---|
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) | Vitamin A (Retinol) |
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) | Pro Vitamin A (ß Carotene) |
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) | Vitamin D2 (Ergocalciferol) |
Vitamin PP (Niacinamide) | Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol) |
Vitamin B4 (Choline) | Vitamin E (Tocopherols & Tocotrienols) |
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) | Vitamin K1 (Phylloquinone) |
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) | Vitamin K2 (Menaquinones) |
Vitamin Bc/B9 (Folic acid) | Vitamin K3 (Menadione) |
Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin) | |
Vitamin C (L-Ascorbic acid) | |
Vitamin C (L-Dehydroascorbic acid ) | |
Vitamin H (Biotin) |
The typical methods of vitamin analysis in food are the electrophoretic, chromatographic, immunological, spectrophotometric, fluorometric, and microbiological methods. CVR Labs has developed chromatographic techniques for analyzing vitamins.
Many chromatographic methods have well-developed vitamin analysis. The various technologies are namely LC: liquid chromatography, HPLC: high-performance liquid chromatography, UHPLC: ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography, nanoscale chromatography, and two-dimension chromatography GC. Examples of such chromatographic methods include ultraviolet/Visible, fluorescence, electrochemical, and mass spectrometry. The flexibility of chromatographic techniques provides multiple solutions to the vitamin characterization of foods.
Advanced Vitamin Analysis Techniques at CVR Labs
CVR Labs is aware of the necessity of vitamin analysis as part of the current food industry standard. That’s why we rely on sophisticated techniques such as Liquid chromatography (LC) to give our clients the most precise and dependable data.
Liquid Chromatography: A Microscopic Marvel
Imagine a small investigator with a vigilant eye who is finding out vitamins and categorizing them from the food sample. That is the power of LC machines. These advanced equipments are based on the liquid solvent that precisely carries out the task of separating and analyzing different vitamins present in the sample.
Unlocking the Vitamin Spectrum
The reason for LC`s popularity is its flexibility. Unlike generic methods that could fail to produce accurate results for a whole variety of vitamins, LC can provide the needed precision in the measurement of fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins. Among others, it includes essential vitamins such as Vitamin C, B vitamins, Vitamin A, D, E, and K. In doing so, LC enables exact measurement of the concentration of each vitamin separately.
Beyond the Basics: The Advantage of Sophistication
While basic methods might offer a general idea of vitamin content, they often lack the precision and accuracy of LC. Traditional methods might struggle to differentiate between similar vitamins, potentially leading to misleading results. LC’s superior resolving power ensures clear separation and identification, providing a detailed picture of the exact vitamin profile within a food sample.
CVR Labs: Your Partner in Precision Vitamin Analysis
Our expertise in LC, coupled with our commitment to advanced technologies, positions CVR Labs as your ideal partner for accurate and reliable vitamin analysis. By leveraging LC’s power, we empower food companies to deliver products with precise vitamin content, ensuring transparency, quality control, and consumer trust.
CVR Labs follows an ISO 17025 accreditation and with a rigorous quality management system oversight. Our staff is a group of highly experienced chemists, microbiologists and laboratory technicians using the most advanced equipment. In other words, we can offer low-cost vitamin analytical services meeting national/international standards. Our professionals are happy to establish a personal relationship with each of our clients and are available to talk and offer guidance on analytical approaches. In addition to standard tests, we are also developing new versions and upgrading existing methods to meet the future requirements for testing. Kindly CONTACT US if you would like further information on vitamin testing.