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| Product Code | Proficiency Test | Matrix | Approx. Size |
|---|---|---|---|
|
FCFO16-INF6
|
14356 |
Infant Breakfast Cereal |
50 g |
Fatty acid profile
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Any number of analytes from the list may be present for identification and quantification.
Breakfast cereals are marketed based on their nutritional claims, which should therefore, be accurate and validated to ensure consumers are able to make well-informed purchase decisions. As a result, legislative bodies require extensive testing measures to be undertaken to ensure products meet labelling requirements.
Within this proficiency test a comprehensive fat analysis will be evaluated and will include total fat, saturates, mono-unsaturates, poly-unsaturates and total trans fatty acids within Infant breakfast cereal. Individual fatty acids will be included where these are sufficiently abundant in the test material.
Fat is an essential part of the human diet, supplying nutritional components that the body needs in order to function. Too much fat in the diet, especially of nutritionally undesirable forms, can give rise to health problems. Hence, fat is subject to labelling requirements on food products and analyses are targeted towards this compliance. With regard to labelling compliance, Fapas proficiency tests ask for fat results to be submitted as g/100g of the sample, not of the total fat.
To maintain this accurate testing required, Fapas proficiency tests should be used as part of a well-designed quality assurance programme, to highlight any areas of improvement required within your current testing arrangement. Fapas proficiency testing can also help highlight areas of unconscious bias within your testing arrangement, from which to address and obtain accurate, repeatable results.
