Product Composition and Formulation
Oxford Analytical Services provides expert product composition and formulation analysis, supporting industries such as biocides, agrochemicals, cosmetics, technical materials and industrial chemicals. Whether you are developing a new formulation, changing suppliers, or optimising an existing product, we deliver GLP compliant testing to ensure quality, stability and regulatory compliance.
Our experienced chemists work directly with your team, testing your samples or formulating them in our laboratory to explore different compositions, optimise performance and validate regulatory requirements.
Product Composition and Formulation Challenges We Solve
Bringing a formulation to market while ensuring compliance presents complex challenges, including:
- Regulatory Compliance: Meeting stringent requirements under BPR, REACH and PPP
Formulation - Development & Stability: Testing ingredient compatibility, stability under various conditions and long-term suitability
- Impurity and Heavy Metals Testing: Identifying trace contaminants that could impact product safety and compliance
- Customised Testing Needs: Designing bespoke testing schedules tailored to your specific product and regulatory pathway
- Time-Sensitive Development: Ensuring fast, reliable results to prevent costly delays in product registration and market entry
Our tailored approach helps you de-risk formulation development, ensuring your products meet performance, safety and compliance standards.
Benefits and Unique Value of Oxford Analytical Services
Comprehensive Formulation Support
We work with you from early stage development to final product registration, ensuring GLP compliant and industry leading testing services.
Flexible Formulation Testing
We can formulate your products at different ratios or with various additives, conducting stress tests such as: Temperature stability testing, Heavy metals and impurity analysis, Physical property assessments (e.g. viscosity, density, solubility)
Bespoke Testing Schedules
Our team designs testing protocols specific to your product category, market and regulatory needs.
Regulatory Expertise & Network of Partners
Beyond analytical testing, we support you through your regulatory journey, offering: GLP testing services for compliance submissions, connections to industry leading partners for toxicology, e-fate and dossier preparation.
Regulatory Expertise
Extensive experience navigating regulatory frameworks for BPR, REACH and PPP submissions.
Fast Turnaround Times
Rapid, reliable analyses to help you meet tight submission or production deadlines.
Regulations We Cover
We ensure compliance with key regulatory frameworks, including:
- Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) – Regulation (EU) 528/2012
- Plant Protection Products Regulation (PPP) – Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
- REACH – Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
Our Experience
Botanical Active Ingredients such as plant extracts
Natural Products
Tablets (Direct Application (DT)), Water Soluble (ST), Water Dispersible (WT)
Technical Grade Materials
Plant Rodlets (PR)
Suspension Concentrates (SC)
Ready to Use (RTU) or Ultra Low Volume Preparations (UL)
Soluble Concentrate (SL)
Capsule Suspensions (CS)
Emulsifiable Concentrates (EC)
Suspo-Emulsions (SE)
Dispersible Concentrates (DC)
Oil-in water Emulsions (EW)
Micro Emulsions (ME)
Oil Dispersions (OD)
Aerosols (AE)
Granules (GR) and Water Dispersible Granules (WDG)
Wettable (WP), Dustable (DP) and Emulsifiable (EP) Powders
Baits – Concentrates (CB), and Ready to use (RB)
Smoke Generators (FU) and Fogging Concentrates (HN/KN)
Gels (GL, GD, GW)
This list is not exhaustive.
Partner with Oxford Analytical Services
- Expert Guidance from Development to Compliance – Support at every stage of formulation
- Advanced Analytical Techniques – HPLC, GC, LC-MS/MS, ICP-MS and more
- Tailored Testing for Your Needs – Bespoke, flexible solutions for any formulation challenge
- Trusted Industry Partner – Taking the pressure off your compliance journey with our expert network
Want to test and optimise your formulation? Get a quote today and let’s explore your options!
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.