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Eurofins tests many matrices for the quantity and quality of vitamins. Eurofins' Competence Centre for vitamin analysis in Denmark is a leading vitamin laboratory in Europe, offering a wide range of vitamin testing for industrial customers within foodstuffs, animal feed, food supplements and pet food. The lab is accredited according to ISO17025.
The vitamin centre employs an international team of highly experienced chemists, microbiologists and laboratory technicians and applies state-of-the-art equipment and IT tools for management and communication. Through the Eurofins network of laboratories the service is available to customers all over Europe.
In the USA, our vitamin centre is based in a new building in Des Moines. This centre is custom-built to combine an efficient process flow with analytical excellence.
Concentrating all vitamin testing in one location per continent enables Eurofins to provide customers with reliable results based on internationally recognised reference methods at very attractive turn-around times and competitive prices.
In addition to standard tests we offer - on our customers' request - the implementation, optimisation, and validation of customer specific methods. Development of new and optimisation of existing methods is continuously ongoing in order to meet future requirements for testing and documentation at an international level
For standard vitamin testing mainly USP, AOAC, and EN/ISO methods are applied.
International vitamin testing competence
Several Eurofins laboratories had a long-standing tradition for testing of vitamins in specific matrices. To improve our services and to meet future requirements in a fast growing market, the vitamin testing activities were concentrated in Denmark. The new vitamin centre employs an international team of highly experienced chemists, microbiologists, and laboratory technicians and applies state-of-art equipment and IT tools for management and communication. Through the Eurofins network of laboratories we service customers all over Europe.
Advantages of Specialisation in vitamin analyses
Concentrating all vitamin testing in one single location enables to provide the clients with reliable documentation based on internationally recognised reference methods at very attractive turn-around times and competitive prices.
In addition to standard tests we offer - on our customers' request - the implementation, optimisation, and validation of customer specific methods.
Spectrum of Standard Tests
For standard testing mainly USP, AOAC, and EN/ISO methods are applied as summarised below. This ensures reliable documentation for the international market.


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    Spectrum for vitamin testing
    Parameter Method Principle
    Fat-soluble vitamins
    Vitamin A EN HPLC
    Carotin EN HPLC
    Vitamin D2/D3 (ergocalciferol/cholecalciferol) EN, USP HPLC
    Vitamin E EN HPLC
    Vitamin K1 (phyllochinon) EN, USP HPLC
    Water-soluble vitamins
    Vitamin B1 (thiamin) EN, USP HPLC
    Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) EN HPLC
    Vitamin B6 (pyridoxin & pyridoxamin & pyridoxal) EN, USP HPLC
    Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) AOAC, USP MiBi, HPLC
    Niacin (nicotinic acid & nicotinamid) AOAC, USP MiBi, HPLC
    Pantothenic acid AOAC, USP MiBi, HPLC
    Biotin FDA, USP MiBi, HPLC
    Folic acid AOAC, USP MiBi, HPLC
    Vitamin C (ascorbic acid & dehydroascorbic acid) EN, AOAC HPLC
    Abbreviations used:
    HPLC: High Performance Liquid Chromatography
    MiBi: Microbiological Method
    EN: European Norm of the CEN (Comité Européen de Normalisation)
    USP: United States Pharmacopeia
    FDA: US Food and Drug Administration
    AOAC: Association of Official Analytical Chemists
    Matrices validated for standard tests comprise - but are not limited to:
    Foodstuffs
    Raw material for the food industry
    Feeding stuff and compound feeding stuff
    Pet food
    Food supplements
    Cosmetics
    Vitamin preparations and tablets
    Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 40,000 reliable analytical methods including a wide range of methods and specific analysis for vitamins.


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