Trusted Analytical Testing for Novel Foods & Nutraceuticals
Oxford Analytical Services provides expert analytical testing and regulatory support for the novel foods and nutraceuticals industry, ensuring that products meet safety, efficacy and compliance standards before reaching the market. Whether you need nutrient profiling, stability testing, impurity analysis, or regulatory submission support, our GLP compliant laboratory delivers precise and reliable results to help you bring safe and high quality functional foods and supplements to consumers.
Our team of experienced chemists and regulatory specialists works closely with food scientists, regulatory affairs teams and product developers to ensure safety, consistency and compliance at every stage of development.
Novel Foods & Nutraceuticals Industry Challenges We Solve
Bringing novel foods, functional ingredients and nutraceuticals to market requires rigorous testing, regulatory validation and scientific precision. We help solve:
- Regulatory Compliance & Product Registration: Ensuring adherence to EU Novel Food Regulation (EC) No 2015/2283, FDA guidelines and FSA requirements
- Ingredient & Nutrient Profiling: Verifying active compounds, vitamins, minerals and bioactive ingredients
- Impurity & Contaminant Detection: Identifying heavy metals, pesticides, residual solvents and unexpected contaminants
- Shelf Life & Stability Testing: Conducting real time and accelerated stability studies to determine long term product performance
- Bioavailability & Absorption Testing: Assessing how nutrients are absorbed and metabolised in the body
Our scientific expertise and regulatory knowledge ensure that your novel food and nutraceutical products meet global safety, quality and performance standards.
Why Partner with Oxford Analytical Services?
Regulatory Focused Novel Food Testing
Our GLP-compliant analyses support global regulatory submissions, ensuring compliance with:
- EU Novel Food Regulation (EC) No 2015/2283
- UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) Regulations
- FDA Nutraceutical & Dietary Supplement Guidelines
- OECD & Codex Alimentarius Standards for Food Testing
Comprehensive Analytical Testing for Novel Foods & Nutraceuticals
We offer a full suite of testing capabilities, including:
- Nutrient & active compound profiling
- Impurity profiling & heavy metal detection
- Shelf life & stability testing
- Microbiological & allergen testing
Expert Support from Development to Market Approval
From early stage formulation to final product validation, we provide tailored support to ensure your novel foods and nutraceuticals meet regulatory and safety requirements.
Cutting-Edge Techniques for Food & Supplement Analysis
We utilise HPLC, GC-MS, LC-MS/MS, ICP-MS, FTIR and microbiological testing methods to deliver highly accurate and reproducible data.
Partner with Oxford Analytical Services for Novel Food Testing
- Industry Specific Expertise – Supporting novel food, functional ingredient and nutraceutical manufacturers
- State-of-the-Art Techniques – Delivering comprehensive testing for compliance, safety and product efficacy
- Customer Focused Approach – Providing tailored solutions to meet your unique analytical and regulatory challenges
Our services include:
Assesses product consistency across batches, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Determines technical equivalence by comparing composition, impurities and physical properties to reference materials. Learn more.
Provides expert guidance on analytical strategies, regulatory compliance, method selection and problem solving. Supports research, product development and troubleshooting for various industries. Learn more.
Determines the elemental composition of materials, detecting trace metals and other elements using techniques like ICP-MS and ICP-OES. Essential for regulatory testing and material characterisation. Learn more.
Identifies and quantifies impurities in raw materials, intermediates and final products. Ensures compliance with safety standards and supports formulation optimisation. Learn more.
Confirms the accuracy, reliability and reproducibility of analytical methods through independent verification, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Learn more.
Diagnoses unknown contaminants, product failures, or unexpected variations using a range of analytical techniques. Supports root cause analysis and corrective actions. Learn more.
Designs and optimises robust analytical methods tailored to specific applications. Validates methods to ensure accuracy, precision, specificity and regulatory compliance. Learn more.
Evaluates key physical and chemical properties, such as solubility, stability, pH, viscosity and refractive index, supporting material characterisation and regulatory submissions. Learn more.
Characterises polymer composition, molecular weight, degradation and thermal properties. Supports material selection, quality control and failure investigations. Learn more.
Determines the chemical makeup of products, ensuring formulations meet regulatory and quality requirements. Useful for verifying ingredient levels and detecting contaminants. Learn more.
Provides regular testing to verify product consistency, purity and compliance with specifications. Supports manufacturing and regulatory compliance. Learn more.
Uses innovative and targeted approaches to detect unexpected compounds, emerging contaminants, or novel substances, supporting research and development. Learn more.
Evaluates product stability under various conditions to determine shelf life, degradation pathways and compliance with regulatory guidelines. Learn more.
Identifies unknown compounds using advanced spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques, ensuring proper classification, safety assessment and regulatory compliance. Learn more.