Fatty Acid Profiling
Cultivator Phyto Lab, India’s leading testing and research facility, offers a complete spectrum of fatty acid profiling for food & beverages, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and other industry domains. The testing services that we propose to our clients include:
- Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acid testing, with an emphasis on EicosaPentaenoic Acid (EPA), DocosaHexaenoic Acid (DHA), Alpha Linolenic Acid (ALA), Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA), and Stearidonic Acid (SDA) both in food & beverages products and nutraceutical products
- Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) in meat and dairy products
- Linoleic and Arachidonic Acid (ARA) testing in pet food
- Also, nutritional analysis and nutritional labelling for products with saturated, unsaturated, trans fats & total fat food & beverage products
A deep analysis of product for fatty acid profile allows the manufacturers and producers to facilitate a better, nutritional, healthier, and wholesome product to the end consumers. This may in-turn increase the trust factor of customers for the brand. Apart from food & beverages and medicines, we also conduct fatty acid profiles for oil crops like soybeans, sunflowers, safflowers, peanuts, canola, flax, etc.
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