Oilseed Testing - physical tests, chemical tests, microbiological tests, stability tests and quality assurance.

SunWest Food Laboratory Ltd. offers a variety of physical, chemical, microbiological and stability tests on the following products: borage, camelina, canola, corn, flax, hemp, linola, linseed, mustard, poppy seed, pumpkin, rapeseed, safflower, sesame, sunflower, sunola.

Physical Tests – density, foreign matter, net contents, particle size.

Chemical Tests - acidity, acid value, aflatoxins, ALA content, AOM, ash, calories, carbohydrates, chlorophyll, cholesterol, erucic acid content, fat-acid hydrolysis, fat-ether extraction fat, fat-total, fatty acid profile, fatty acid profile with Trans, fibre-acid detergent, fibre-crude, fibre-neutral detergent, free fatty acids, GLA content, glucosinolates, iodine value, metals, minerals, moisture, ochratoxins, oil content, omega 3, omega 6, omega 9 fatty acids, Oxidative Stability Index (OSI), peroxide value, protein, rancimat, salt, starch, sugar profile, sugar-reducing and non-reducing, tocopherols, Vitamin A, Vitamin B Scan, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, volatile oil, vomitoxins, zearalenone.

Microbiological Tests (Presumptive / Confirmation) - bacillus cereus, bifidobacteria, clostridium species, clostridium perfringens, coliforms-fecal, coliforms-total, e.coli, E coli O157:H7, enterobacteriacea, lactobacillus species, listeria species, listeria monocytogenes, pseudomonas aeruginosa, salmonella, standard (total) plate count (aerobic and anaerobic), staphylococcus aureus, yeast and mold.

Quality Assurance - investigate complaints, monitor product consistency, measure product quality against national standards, monitor adherence of product to government or supplier specifications.

Stability Tests - AOM, accelerated and ambient stability studies, free fatty acids, OSI (rancimat), peroxide value, sensory evaluation, shelf life.