Fats in Infant Breakfast Cereals Quality Control Materials

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Product Specification

QC/RM information
Product Code Material Matrix Approx. Size
FCFO9-INF6QC

T14282QC

Infant Breakfast Cereal

50g

Analytes

Total Fat, Saturated Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated Fatty Acids, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Palmitic Acid (C16:0), Oleic Acid (C18:1 n-9 cis), Linoleic Acid (C18:2 n-6), alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA, C18:3 n-3)

Validity Date

27/01/2025

Test Description

Within this quality control material, a comprehensive fat analysis was evaluated and includes saturates, mono-unsaturates, and poly-unsaturates within Infant breakfast cereal. Individual fatty acids are 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.

Fats within infant formula are integral for infant development, and as such should be tested to validate any claims made by manufacturers, as well as highlighting any poor-quality products that may be passed to consumers.

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

Quality control materials are useful for maintaining high quality across a range of testing environments. Through the use of real food matrices your results are immediately comparable to your routine testing activities, allowing you to highlight areas of improvement across your testing practices quickly and effectively. This ensures your end results are credible, and repeatable across a range of testing environments.

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