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Proximates including moisture (at 130 °C), ash and nitrogen are included within this proficiency test. Total dietary fibre by AOAC methods is included, participants must state which AOAC method they are using.
Nutritional components test. As nutritional legislation increases, the proficiency of laboratories to provide accurate results to food manufacturers for labelling is critical, to help consumers make informed choices about the food they eat. Fapas offers the widest range of analyte/matrix proficiency test combinations for the food sector. The matrix used varies year on year, to provide different levels of real world samples.
Proximates within foodstuffs can be communicated to consumers to set products apart from others on the shelves. Therefore steps must be taken to validate these claims, to ensure the customer is making correctly informed decisions.
Wheat flour is used within many different foodstuffs; as such there is a large demand across the globe. This can put global supply chains under pressure to satisfy this growing demand. This can lead to corner cutting strategies and poor practices being adopted. To mitigate these risks effective food tests must be highlighted to ensure only high quality wheat flour is offered to the consumer both as part of processed food products, and as an individual commodity.
