========================================================== SHRIRAM INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (SRI), BENGALURU (A Unit of Shriram Scientific and Industrial Research Foundation) ========================================================== Address: Plot No. 14 & 15, Sadaramangala Industrial Area, Whitefield Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560048 Contact: 080-35000500, 28410165 / 167 / 172 Email: info@shriraminstitute-blr.org, info@shriramscientific.com Website: www.shriramscientific.com ========================================================== ANALYTICAL SCIENCE DIVISION (ASD) - FUNCTIONAL AREAS FOR FOOD & FARM ========================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------- 1. BEVERAGES ---------------------------------------------------------- Products: Tea, coffee, chicory. Test Parameters: Free from any off odour, taint, mustiness, living insects, moulds, dead insects, insect fragments, rodent contamination, extraneous matter, added colouring matter, harmful substances; Total Ash; Moisture; Water Soluble Ash; Alkalinity of water soluble ash; Acid-insoluble ash; Water extract; Solubility in boiling water; Solubility in cold water; Alkalinity of soluble ash in ml of 0.1 N hydrochloric acid per gram of material; Aqueous extracts; Caffeine (anhydrous); Crude Fibre; Iron filling; Melamine; Lead; Copper; Arsenic; Tin; Cadmium; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Pesticides. ---------------------------------------------------------- 2. CEREALS & CEREAL PRODUCTS ---------------------------------------------------------- Products: Atta / Maida / Fortified maida / Semolina / Besan / Pearl barley / Food grain / Wheat / Maize / Jowar / Finger millet / Pulses and pulses without seed coat / Bajra / Pasta products / Brown rice / Milled rice / Chia seeds / Maize starch / Corn flakes / Custard powder / Tapioca Sago / Arrowroot / Palm Sago starch / Malted milk food / Malt based foods / Solvent extracted flours / Biscuit / Bread and bread type products / Any other food grains / Formulated supplements for children. Test Parameters: Physical: - Free from abnormal flavors, odours, living insects, visible mould, filth (impurities of animal origin including dead insects), added colour, added flavour, rodent hair, excreta. - Other edible grains, damaged grains, weevilled grains. - Total of foreign matter, other edible grains and damaged grains. Chemical: - Moisture, Total ash, Crude fibre, Total Protein, Ash insoluble in dilute HCl, Gluten, Total Dietary Fiber, Granularity, Urease activity, Uric acid, Alcoholic acidity. - Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA), Arachidonic Acid (ARA), Ratio of ARA:DHA. - Energy from added sugar. - Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Vitamin C, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pyridoxine, Folic acid, Pantothenic acid, Vitamin B12, Choline, Biotin. - Chloride, Calcium, Phosphorous, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Iron, Iodine, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Selenium. - Inositol, Taurine, Essential amino acids, Energy, PDCAAS. Microbiological: Aerobic Plate Count, Coliform Count, Staphylococcus aureus (Coagulase positive), Yeast and Mould Count, Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp., Listeria monocytogenes, Bacillus cereus, Sulphite Reducing Clostridia. Contaminants: Melamine, Total Aflatoxin, Aflatoxin B1, Ochratoxin A, Deoxynivalenol. Heavy Metals: Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Tin, Cadmium, Mercury, Methyl mercury, Pesticide residues. ---------------------------------------------------------- 3. DAIRY PRODUCTS & ANALOGUES ---------------------------------------------------------- Products: Milk / Milk powder / Dairy whitener and whey powder / Cream powder / Flavoured milk / Khoa or mawa / Sweetened condensed milk / Chakka / Edible acid casein / Chhana or Paneer / Cheese / Fermented milk / Evaporated or concentrated milk / Milk Fat or Butter Oil / Ghee / Table Butter / Malai / Ice Cream or Kulfi or Chocolate Ice Cream or Softy Ice-Cream / Milk ice or milk lolly. Test Parameters: Physical: Appearance, Odour, Taste, Adulterants, Preservatives, Neutralizers. Chemical: Moisture, Total solids, Milk Fat, SNF, Milk protein in milk solids-not-fat, Titratable acidity, Insolubility Index, Total ash, Scorched particles, Total Sodium, Urea, Lactose content as anhydrous lactose, pH, Reichert Meissl value, Polenske value, Butyro-refractometer reading, FFA as Oleic Acid, Peroxide Value, Baudouin Test, Presence of β-sitosterol, Iodine value, Saponification value, Fatty acid composition, Vitamin A, Vitamin D. Microbiological: Aerobic Plate Count, Coliform Count, Staphylococcus aureus (Coagulase positive), Salmonella sp., Yeast & Mould count, Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes, Sulphite Reducing Clostridia, Enterobacter sakazakii (Cronobacter sp.). Heavy Metals: Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Tin, Cadmium, Mercury, Methyl mercury. Contaminants: Aflatoxin M1, Melamine, Pesticide Residues, Antibiotics. ---------------------------------------------------------- 4. FATS, OILS & FAT EMULSIONS ---------------------------------------------------------- Products: Coconut oil / Cotton seed oil / Groundnut oil / Olive oil / Flaxseed or Linseed oil / Mahua oil / Mustard oil / Til oil / Niger seed oil / Soyabean oil / Refined vegetable oil / Almond oil / Sunflower seed oil / Rice bran oil / Cocoa butter / Peanut butter / Table margarine / Bakery and Industrial Margarine / Bakery shortening / Milk fat spread / Vegetable fat spread / Vanaspati / Palm oil / Mutton fat / Goat fat / Lard / Beef fat or suet / Poppy seed oil / Safflower seed oil. Test Parameters: Rancidity, Suspended or other foreign matter, Added colour, Added flavouring substances, Mineral oil, Butyro-refractometer reading at 40°C, Refractive Index at 40°C, Saponification value, Iodine value, Polenske Value, Unsaponifiable matter, Acid value, Turbidity, Argemone oil, Peroxide value, Flash Point, Test for hydrocyanic acid, Natural allyl isothiocyanate, Common salt, Melting point, Fatty acid, Diacetyl, Total polar compound, Hexane, Oryzanol content, Trans fatty acid. Heavy Metals: Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Tin, Cadmium, Mercury, Methyl mercury. Contaminants: Melamine, Total Aflatoxin, Aflatoxin B1, Pesticides. ---------------------------------------------------------- 5. MEAT & MEAT PRODUCTS ---------------------------------------------------------- Products: Meat and Meat products, Egg and Egg products, Fish and Fish products. Test Parameters: Water, Proteins, Fats, Carbohydrates, Ash, Formaldehyde, Polychlorinated biphenyls (Sum of PCB28, PCB52, PCB101, PCB138, PCB153 and PCB180). Microbiological: Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus (Coagulase +ve), Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, Sulphite Reducing Clostridia, Clostridium Botulinum, Campylobacter spp. Contaminants: Melamine, Saffrole, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Tin, Chromium, Cadmium, Mercury, Methyl mercury, Pesticides, Antibiotics. ---------------------------------------------------------- 6. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS ---------------------------------------------------------- Products: Fresh fruits & vegetables and their products / Thermally Processed Fruits and Vegetables and their products / Jam, Jelly and Marmalades. Test Parameters: Free from rotting, Free from coating of waxes, Free from mineral oil, Free from colours, Brix Minimum fill, Total soluble solid, Acidity as citric acid, Water capacity, Nutritive sweetener, Drained weight, Vitamin C. Microbiological: Aerobic Plate Count, Yeast and Mould Count, Staphylococcus aureus (Coagulase +ve), Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, E. coli O157 and Vero or Shiga toxin producing E. coli, Vibrio cholera. Contaminants: Patulin (as applicable), Total Aflatoxin, Aflatoxin B1, Melamine, Pesticides. Heavy Metals: Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Tin, Cadmium, Mercury, Methyl mercury. ---------------------------------------------------------- 7. MYCOTOXIN TESTING ---------------------------------------------------------- Shriram Institute for Industrial Research (SRI) offers comprehensive analysis of Mycotoxins. Mycotoxins are naturally occurring toxins produced by certain moulds (Fungi) and can be found in food. The moulds grow on a variety of different crops and foodstuffs including cereals, nuts, spices, dried fruits, apples and coffee beans, often under warm and humid conditions. Mycotoxins can cause a variety of adverse health effects and pose a serious health threat to both humans and livestock even at low concentrations. The adverse health effects of Mycotoxins range from acute poisoning to long-term effects such as immune deficiency and cancer. ---------------------------------------------------------- 8. SALT, SPICES, CONDIMENTS & RELATED PRODUCTS ---------------------------------------------------------- Products: Caraway / Cardamom / Chillies and Capsicum / Cinnamon / Cassia / Cloves / Cumin / Fennel / Mace / Mustard / Ajowan / Star anise / Compounded asafoetida / Nutmeg / Whole pepper / Poppy seeds / Saffron / Aniseed / Turmeric / Curry powder / Mixed masala / Fenugreek / Coriander / Edible common salt. Test Parameters: Physical: Free from extraneous flavor, mustiness, mould, living insects, dead insects, insect fragments, rodent contamination, added colouring matter, other harmful substances; Extraneous matter; Insect damaged matter. Chemical: Moisture, Total ash, Ash insoluble in dilute HCl, Volatile oil content, Sodium chloride, Matter soluble in water other than sodium chloride, Matter insoluble in water. Microbiology: Aerobic Colony Count, Yeast and Mould Count, Enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella, Sulphite Reducing Clostridia, Bacillus cereus. Contaminants: Melamine, Total Aflatoxin, Aflatoxin B1, Pesticide Residues. Heavy Metals: Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Tin, Cadmium, Mercury, Methyl mercury. ---------------------------------------------------------- 9. SWEETS & CONFECTIONERY ---------------------------------------------------------- Products: - Milk toffee / Hard boiled sugar confectionery / Lozenges / Chewing gum / Bubble gum / Milk chocolate / Milk covering chocolate / Blended chocolate / Filled chocolate / Composite chocolate / Ice lollies or edible ices / Ice candy. - Sugar, Jaggery, other nutritive sweeteners / Sodium saccharin. - Honey and its by-products. Test Parameters: Chemical: Isomaltulose, Ash sulphated (on salt free basis), Ash insoluble (in dilute Hydrochloric acid), Reducing sugars, Sucrose content, Cocoa solids, Milk Solids, Calcium oxide, Conductivity, Purity as C7H4NNaO3S, Moisture, Acidity and alkalinity, Benzoate and salicylate, Readily carbonizable substances, Toluene sulfonamides, Specific gravity at 27°C, Fructose to Glucose ratio, Acidity expressed as formic acid, Free Acidity, Hydroxy Methyl Furfural (HMF), Diastase activity, Water insoluble matters. Contaminants: Melamine, Hydrocyanic acid, Aflatoxin B1, Total aflatoxins, Pesticide Residues. Heavy Metals: Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Tin, Cadmium, Mercury, Methyl mercury. ---------------------------------------------------------- 10. WATER ANALYSIS ---------------------------------------------------------- SRI Bengaluru offers a comprehensive water testing service for packaged drinking water manufacturers and food and beverages processing companies. With state-of-the-art facilities and the latest analytical methodologies, SRI offers a complete analysis which includes Pesticide residues, Heavy metals, Microbiological detection, Physical tests, Sensory tests, Chemical tests, PAHs, PCBs, THMs, and other miscellaneous tests. Testing services are specifically made to meet the water testing requirements as per different standards. Products: - Drinking water as per IS 10500 - Packaged drinking water as per IS 14543 - Packaged natural mineral water as per IS 13428 - Water for food processing industry as per IS 4251 - Water as per FSSAI - Water as per WHO - Water as per customer specifications - Water as per EU regulation - Raw water (surface / ground) - Processed / Treated water Test Parameters: Colour, Odour, pH value, Taste, Turbidity, Total dissolved solids, Aluminium, Ammonia, Anionic detergents, Barium, Boron, Calcium, Chloramines, Chloride, Copper, Fluoride, Free residual chlorine, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Mineral Oil, Nitrate, Phenolic compounds, Selenium, Silver, Sulphate, Sulphide, Total alkalinity, Total Hardness, Zinc, Cadmium, Cyanide, Lead, Mercury, Molybdenum, Nickel, Pesticides, Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), Total arsenic, Total chromium, Trihalomethanes, Uranium, Bromate, Total coliform / 100 ml, E. coli / 100 ml.