NMR profiling is a powerful technique that uses ¹H and/or ¹³C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to generate highly reproducible spectral fingerprints of food and drink products. These fingerprints are compared against large reference databases using advanced chemometric models to detect deviations, verify authenticity, and quantify key components.
Through Eurofins Analytics France SAS, our Authenticity Competence Centre in France, we are able to offer a broad range of food authenticity testing using NMR profiling.
Food NMR profiling applications
We can apply this method to many foods and beverages including, but not limited to
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Honey; Detect exogenous sugars, confirm declared botanical and/or geographical origin
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Wine; Assess composition, grape variety, geographical origin, and vintage
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Coffee; Distinguish between Arabica and Robusta, check origin claims
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Fruit juice; Identify dilution, undeclared additions, or mislabelling
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Olive oil; Confirm variety and detect adulteration
Advantages of using Eurofins NMR profiling
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Broad detection across multiple matrices
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Rapid turnaround for routine screening
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Quantitative and qualitative insights from a single run
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Expert interpretation with recommendations for further analysis where required
Advantages of using the Eurofins network
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Global expertise, local service
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Advanced facilities; State-of-the-art NMR platforms maintained to the highest calibration and quality standards
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Integrated services; Ability to combine NMR profiling with isotope, chemical, microbiological, and DNA testing for a complete authenticity solution
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Regulatory alignment; Methods developed to reflect current international standards and industry best practice
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Scalable capacity; Ability to manage both routine authenticity screening and large-scale market surveillance projects
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Proven track record; Decades of experience delivering trusted authenticity testing services
Contact us
Contact Eurofins Food Testing UK to access our full range of authenticity testing and consultancy services by submitting an enquiry or calling +44 (0)845 604 6740
