As consumers continue to focus on health and wellbeing, ensuring accurate vitamin content in food products is increasingly important. Routine vitamin testing supports regulatory compliance with UK and EU labelling laws and helps food producers maintain product quality and consistency.
Eurofins offers a wide range of ISO 17025-accredited vitamins testing services for food, dietary supplements, dairy, infant formula, and feed products.
Using industry-leading methods and high-sensitivity instrumentation, our specialists provide reliable data to support everything from nutritional labelling and shelf-life validation to research and development.
Why test for vitamins
A sufficient amount of vitamins is important to maintain health in both humans and animals. Vitamins can be broken down into two subcategories; water soluble and fat soluble vitamins
- Water soluble vitamins are not stored in the body, and they therefore need more frequent replacement
- Fat soluble vitamins are stored in the fatty tissues in the body. Because the fat soluble vitamins are stored for longer, there is a risk of overdosing these
It is therefore crucial to monitor vitamin content, not just to ensure that we get enough, but also to ensure that samples do not contain too much.
Supporting accurate labelling and product quality
Through our Eurofins vitamins testing Competence Centres, Eurofins Food Testing UK offers a comprehensive suite of testing for water and fat-soluble vitamins, including
- Vitamin A (Retinol, Retinyl esters, Beta-carotene)
- Vitamin B-complex (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12)
- Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)
- Vitamin D (D2, D3)
- Vitamin E (Tocopherols, Tocotrienols)
- Vitamin K (K1, K2)
Testing can be performed on a wide range of product matrices, including
- Food and beverages
- Dietary supplements and premixes
- Infant and clinical nutrition
- Pet food and animal feed
- Fortified foods
Why choose Eurofins for your vitamin testing?
- Accredited methods: ISO 17025-accredited testing ensures quality and compliance with EU and UK regulations
- Product-specific validation: Analytical methods are tailored and validated for complex food, feed, and supplement matrices
- Expert support: Experienced analysts help interpret results and assist with regulatory queries
- Optional stability studies: Long-term vitamin stability and degradation analysis available for R&D and shelf-life studies
- Additional parameters: Testing can be combined with amino acid profiles, biogenic amines, and acrylamide where needed
Whether you're launching a new supplement, reformulating a fortified food, or verifying shelf-life claims, our vitamin testing services offer the precision and reliability you need.
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