FAPAS Proficiency Test of Food Additives and Ingredients

SKU: FP-FOOD-ING

Food Ingredients

The food ingredients proficiency tests are for analyses which are not necessarily related to nutritional components. These proficiency tests includes additives (such as preservatives) or indicative parameters of ingredients (such as Brix or total acidity). Permitted and non-permitted colours are included in this category. There are other proficiency tests in the Programme for food ingredients, see under the section headed Alcoholic Drinks, Fruit Juice & Soft Drinks.

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There have varies PT samples (matrix) are offering as below:

Food Additives and Ingredients in Orange Juice Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA5-DRN26
Matrix: Orange Juice
Analytes: nutritional elements selected from brix, pH, citric acid, fructose, glucose, sucrose, total sugars, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium & potassium

 

Nutritional Elements in Pomegranate Juice Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA10-DRN34
Matrix: Pomegranate Juice
Analytes: brix, pH, total acidity, total sugars, calcium, magnesium, potassium & sodium

 

Food Additives and Ingredients in Coffee (ground) Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA12-DRH11
Matrix: Coffee (ground) – one regular, one decaffeinated
Analytes: caffeine (2 test materials supplied ,one regular, one decaffeinated)

 

Food Additives and Ingredients in Soft Drink Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA7-DRN29
Matrix: Soft Drink
Analytes: brix, pH, citric acid, sorbic acid, cyclamate, saccharin & benzoic acid

 

Food Additives in Soft Drink Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA20-DRN29
Matrix: Soft Drink
Analytes: colours, a selection from the following list: Allura Red, Brilliant Blue FCF, Carmoisine, Erythrosine, Green S, Indigo Carmine, Patent Blue V, Ponceau 4R, Quinoline Yellow, Sunset Yellow FCF, Tartrazine

 

Food Additives and Ingredients in Cola Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA13-DRN12
Matrix: Cola Drink
Analytes: caffeine, benzoic acid, total sugars & phosphoric acid (as P2O5)

 

Additives in Tonic Water Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA3-DRN32
Matrix: Tonic Water
Analytes: benzoic acid, quinine, acesulfame-K & aspartame

 

Food Additives and Ingredients in Cola Drink Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA2-DRN12
Matrix: Cola Drink
Analytes: benzoic acid, caffeine, acesulfame-K & saccharin

 

Sweeteners in Soft Drink Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA26-DRN29
Matrix: Soft Drink
Analytes: sweeteners: acesulfame-K, aspartame, cyclamate & saccharin

 

Nitrates in Cabbage Purée Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA17-VEG32
Matrix: Cabbage Purée
Analytes: nitrate

 

Nitrate in Lettuce Purée Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA17-VEG49
Matrix: Lettuce Purée
Analytes: nitrate

 

Nitrate and Nitrite in Meat Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA18-MRP23
Matrix: Meat
Analytes: nitrate as NaNO3 & nitrite as NaNO2

 

Nitrates in Rocket (Rucola) Purée Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA17-VEG60
Matrix: Rocket (rucola) Purée
Analytes: nitrate

 

Nitrates within Spinach Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA17-VEG70
Matrix: Spinach Purée
Analtes: nitrate

 

Nitrate and Nitrite in Meat Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA18-MRP23
Matrix: Meat
Analytes: nitrate as NaNO3 & nitrite as NaNO2

 

Nitrate and Nitrite in Milk Powder in Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA18-DRY14
Matrix: Milk Powder
Analytes: nitrate as NaNO3 & nitrite as NaNO2

 

Food Additives and Ingredients in Chocolate Cake Mix Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA14-PRO13
Matrix: Chocolate Cake Mix
Analytes: caffeine, sorbic acid, theobromine & total sugars (expressed as sucrose)

 

Food Additives and Ingredients in Sugar Confectionery Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA20-CON17
Matrix: Sugar Confectionery (boiled sweets)
Analytes: colours, a selection from the following list: Allura Red, Brilliant Blue FCF, Carmoisine, Erythrosine, Green S, Indigo Carmine, Patent Blue V, Ponceau 4R, Quinoline Yellow, Sunset Yellow FCF, Tartrazine

 

Food Additives in Dried Apricot Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA22-FRU37
Matrix: Dried Apricot (water/fruit slurry)
Analytes: sulphur dioxide

 

Food Additives and Ingredients in Oil Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA1-OIL20
Matrix: Oil
Analytes: antioxidants: total BHA (E320), total BHT (E321) & propyl gallate (E310)

 

Sulphur Dioxide in Meat Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA22-MRP23
Matrix: Meat
Analytes: sulphur dioxide

 

Food Additives in Hot Pepper Sauce Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA19-CON5
Matrix: Hot Pepper Sauce
Analytes: non-permitted colours (illegal dyes) high level, a selection from the following list: Butter Yellow, Orange II, Para Red, Rhodamine B, Sudan (I, II, III, IV), Sudan Black B, Sudan Orange G, Sudan Red B, Sudan Red 7B, Sudan Red G, Toluidine Red

 

Food Additives in Dried Apple Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA22-FRU36
Matrix: Dried Apple (water/fruit slurry)
Analytes: sulphur dioxide

 

Food Additives and Ingredients in Tomato Sauce Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA8-CON21
Matrix: Tomato Sauce
Analytes: brix, pH, total acidity, sodium, chloride & benzoic acid

 

Sulphur Dioxide in Meat Proficiency Test
Product Code: FCFA22-MRP23
Matrix: Meat
Analytes: sulphur dioxide

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