Flavor Enhancer Testing

Flavor enhancers are substances that can enhance or improve the flavor of food. Flavor enhancers are added to some foods to make them taste more delicious, increase appetite and enrich nutrition. However, the addition of excessive flavor enhancers to food may cause harm to human health. For example, excessive intake of MSG (Monosodium Glutamate, MSG) will cause various nerve functions in the human body to be inhibited, resulting in a series of symptoms such as dizziness, headache, lethargy, and muscle cramps. Therefore, it is important to evaluate whether the types and content of flavor enhancers in food meet industry standards through the testing for the protection of consumer health and legitimate rights and interests.

Flavor enhancer testing mainly uses a series of physical and chemical technical means to analyze the type and content of flavor enhancer in food, so as to evaluate the quality and safety of food. Professional testing can identify potential safety hazards in food, help optimize product quality, and provide a strong guarantee for food safety and human health.

STEMart provides comprehensive flavor enhancer testing services around qualitative analysis and quantitative testing to ensure food quality and safety, safeguard human health, and promote industry prosperity.

Test Samples

• Amino acid flavor enhancers: L-glutamate sodium, L-alanine, glycine, aspartate and methionine, etc.
• Nucleotide flavor enhancers: inosine acid, guanylic acid, cytidylic acid, uridylic acid, xanthylic acid, etc.
• Organic acid flavor enhancers: succinic acid, disodium succinate, etc.

Standard Tests

• Sensory testing
  • Appearance
  • Smell
  • Colour and lustre
• Component analysis
• Content testing
  • Active ingredient content of flavor enhancer
  • Moisture content
  • Sulfuric acid ash content
  • Chloride content
  • Lead content
  • Arsenic content
  • Other heavy metal content
• Physical and chemical index testing
  • pH value
  • Stability
  • Drying loss
  • Burning resistance
  • Oxidation resistance
  • Resistance to sintering
• Safety testing
  • Toxicity
  • Irritability
• Microbial testing

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