Processing Capabilities

Interest in the processing of crops has increased since legal stipulations became more stringent 

With the demands of EU, OECD, CEB, OEPP, EPPO and AFNOR guidelines on compliance to GLP and GEP rules becoming ever more stringent, there is now more emphasis on accredited processing studies.

NEW! The Processing Team have recently developed a new technique: production of sugar from sugar beet

In response, Eurofins Agroscience Services has established in house expertise at the highest level of quality. Our facilities can support you with experienced staff, GLP and GEP accreditation and quality insurance for the following:

• Processing studies on most crops
• Potential portfolio expansion in order to meet your needs
• Chemical analysis of processed food
• Taint-Tests at the same site
• Evaluation and reporting of results
• Complete service for carrying out EU reports
• European coverage of field collaboration and transportation network through EAS network
• Work can be eligible to CIR (Research Tax Credit)

Our service offering provides a unique strength that seamlessly links field, food processing and the analytical phase. Together with our extensive network of field stations and laboratories, EAS can offer competitive and time-effective studies, which will match your needs. Our laboratory processes follow industrial procedures to replicate production under real industrial conditions. With our portfolio of interlinked services, EAS can fulfil all your food processing study requirements in a reasonable and timely manner.

Eurofins Agroscience Services has performed several hundred processing studies in total on a huge variety of crops including:

• Apples (cider, juice, apple sauce, dry fruits, canned fruits)
• Blackcurrants, cherries, strawberries, peaches, pears, plums, tomatoes, apricots (juice, jam, puree, dry fruits, canned fruits, etc.)
• Citrus (juice, marmalade, dry pulp, oil)
• Olive (table olives, virgin oil, refined oil)
• Onions (pickles, jam)
• Gherkins
• Brocoli, cauliflower, beans, peas, spinach, zucchini (boiled vegetables, canned vegetables)
• Cabbage (pickles, sauerkraut)
• Grapes (juice, raisins, red & white wine)
• Barley (pot and pearl barley, malt, beer)
• Wheat (flours, bread, germs, starch, gluten)
• Potatoes (crisps, fries, micro waved, puree, flakes, boiled, steamed, baked, ensiled potatoes, starch, pulp, protein)
• Rice (brown rice, polished rice, cooked rice, alcohol, etc.)
• Maize (silage, flour, germ oil)
• Beet sugar (white sugar, ensilage, dry pulp)
• Soybean (oil)
• Almonds (oil, milk)
• Oat (flour, flakes)
• Sunflower, rapeseed, etc. (virgin and refined oil, solvent extraction)

This list is not exhaustive but an example of our exclusive offering - we can offer processing studies on most crops and will expand our portfolio in order to meet your needs.

Eurofins Agroscience Services technical capabilities include:

• Pasteurization & sterilization (automatic autoclave)
• Juicing (hydraulic press, rotary sieves, juicer, etc.)
• Cooking (puree, paste, jams and marmalades, boiled vegetable, etc.)
• Mechanical potato peeling machine
• Drying of vegetables and fruits (drying oven)
• Extraction of oils (mechanical press, centrifugation, solvent extraction)
• Refinement of oils
• Abrasion of cereals
• Milling (mill bühler, grinder)
• Baking (kneading machine, baking oven)
• Malting
• Brewing (braumeister)
• Fermentation (wine, beer, pickles, etc.)
• Filtration & vacuum filtration
• Sensorial analysis (triangular tests)

For further information, please contact us.