Whether it is horse meat labeled as beef or expensive spices adulterated with cheap or even harmful material – there are ongoing issues due to food adulteration in the market. More than ever, end consumers lack trust in our food’s authenticity. Therefore, it is essential for you to reassure consumers as well as industry customers that the products you deliver are authentic and trustworthy. In order to do that, you need to check raw materials and ingredients from your suppliers, too.

Eurofins offers the possibility to detect mislabeled ingredients and end products throughout your entire supply chain. Using various DNA-based detection methods, we can authenticate a wide range of food products including different kinds of meat, fish & seafood, plants, and spices. Don’t take risks. Take full control over your products‘ authenticity.

Additionally, you can benefit from the largest food testing laboratory network in the market, offering a complete portfolio of food testing services beyond just DNA. For example, we are also able to test for food authenticity by ELISA (detecting proteins instead of DNA). Furthermore, we have laboratories specialised in detecting food contaminants, drug residues, pesticides, etc. Don’t hesitate to ask us questions on any other food-related testing service you might need.

We have been pioneering DNA-based analytical technologies for food testing to improve the safety and authenticity of our clients‘ food products for over 10 years.

We offer the following (non-exhaustive) list of DNA-based testing methods:

• Genotyping tests for meat traceability and several plant varieties
• Specific real-time PCR or FLA tests for more than 10 meat, up to 11 fish, and several plant species
• Barcoding tests for species identification for land vertebrates, fish & seafood, plants & mushrooms
• Next-generation sequencing for the identification of all species of the above categories in mixed samples