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Food Fatty Acid Profile Testing

Fitz Scientific are pleased to announce that we have been granted accreditation by INAB to ISO 17025 for Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAMEs) in food products.

Our extensive analysis uses GC-FID instrumentation to determine the composition of the fatty acids composition in food matrices 

The classification of fatty acids is dependent on their structure, which determines if a food product will have advantageous or disadvantageous effects on the body. From a range of 37 FAME's, we can now offer the composition of individual fatty acids in food products as well as the following classifications:

• Saturated Fatty Acids
• Monounsaturated Fatty Acids
• Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
• Trans Fatty Acids

Omega Acids Profile:

• Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• Omega-6 Fatty Acids
• Omega-9 Fatty Acids

The full list of fatty acids includes:

• Methyl Butyrate (C4:0)
• Methyl Hexanoate (C6:0)
• Methyl Octanoate (C8:0)
• Methyl Decanoate (C10:0)
• Methyl Undecanoate (C11:0)
• Methyl Laurate (C12:0)
• Methyl Tridecanoate (C13:0)
• Methyl Myristate (C14:0)
• Methyl Pentadecanoate (C15:0)
• Methyl Palmitate (C16:0)
• Methyl Heptadecanoate (C17:0)
• Methyl Stearate (C18:0)
• Methyl Arachidiate (C20:0)
• Methyl heneicosanoate (C21:0)
• Methyl Behenate (C22:0)
• Methyl Tricosanoate (C23:0)
• Methyl Lignocerate (C24:0)
• Methyl Myristoleate (C14:1)
• Methyl cis-10-pentadecanoate (C15:1)
• Methyl Palmitoleate (C16:1)
• Methyl cis-10 heptadecenoate (C17:1)
• Methyl trans-9-eladiate (C18:1)
• Methyl cis-9-oleate (C18:1)
• Methyl cis-11-eicosanoate (C20:1)
• Methyl Erucate (C22:1)
• Methyl Nervonate (C24:1)
• Methyl Linolelaidate (C18:2)
• Methyl Linoleate (C18:2)
• Methyl-gamma-linolenate (C18:3)
• Methyl Linolenate (C18:3) (ALA)
• Methyl cis-11,14-eicosadienoate (C20:2)
• Methyl cis-8,11,14-eicosatrienoate (C20:3)
• Methyl cis-11,14,17-eicosatrienoate (C20:3)
• Methyl cis-5,8,11,14-eicosatetraonoate (C20:4)
• Methyl cis-13,16-docosadienoate (C22:2)
• Methyl eicosapentaenoate (C20:5) (EPA)
• Methyl docosahexaenoate (C22:6) (DHA)

For further details on this and any other food chemistry or microbiology requirements you may have, please contact sales@fitzsci.ie