Our laboratories are still open and reliably carry out your analyses.
Feel free to use our Live Chat if you have any questions or send your inquiry at info.qsi@tentamus.com.
As an accredited laboratory, which is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratory equipment, as well as experienced, continuously trained specialists, QSI can provide a comprehensive range of analyses for foodstuff which is focused, among other products, on honey, coffee, tea and herbal drugs and pharmaceutical raw material according to Pharmacopoeia.
Our GMP-certificate is a perfect addition to our services. Therefore we are a reliable and officially authorized partner for production, trade and export as well as associations and institutions when it comes to product safety, hygiene and quality control.
In addition to physico-chemical tests, our more than 60 years of expertise also includes sensory tests by trained panels, declaration tests, consulting* as well as training and audits.
Thanks to our unique full-service group of companies under the umbrella of the Tentamus Group, we are able to offer complete analytics and innovative solutions for national and international requirements of external quality control – even for special requests.
QSI – a lab for life.
* Consulting services do not fall within the scope of accreditation.
QSI is an active member of the following associations and working groups: Honig-Verband, Deutscher Tee & Kräuter Verband, Deutscher Kaffeeverband, BPC, BvCW, BLL, Lebensmittelverband, GDCh/LChG, NaGeB, DIN Kommitee: Honey, coffee, tea, AOAC International, F.E.E.D.M., International Honey Commission, NHPDA.
Reduction of limits for prohibited substances chloramphenicol and nitrofurans (additionally newly demanded: Nifursol)
The “minimum performance limits” (MRPL) for the prohibited antibiotic substances chloramphenicol (MRPL = 0.3 ppb) and nitrofuran metabolites (MRPL = 1.0 ppb) in animal foods such as honey, which have been in force in the EU for many years, have been replaced by “reference points for action” (RPA) and tightened significantly. The new RPA are
... Continued
Authenticity of soluble coffee (“instant coffee”)
The authenticity of food is increasingly the focus of the food industry and third-party monitoring. The proof of an authentic food product is provided by a combination of different measures such as documentation along the supply chain, audits, risk analysis, avoidance strategies, but also by actual chemical analysis of products. For soluble coffee (“instant coffee”),
... Continued
Flavonoids in cocoa
Everyone likes chocolate, but it doesn’t necessarily contribute to health, or does it? Cocoa contains a high proportion of flavanols, a subgroup of naturally occurring polyphenols. Polyphenols are also found in other foods such as tea, wine or fruits. They are attributed positive effects on human health due to their prominent antioxidant properties. In September
... Continued
In which foods are furan and its methyl analogs present?
In a recent recommendation, the European Commission calls for the determination of furan and methylfurans. These are process contaminants that form in food during thermal treatment. Consumers ingest furan particularly through coffee and cereal-based foods, but young children are also exposed to furan through jarred or canned ready-to-eat foods. According to the European Food Safety
... Continued
Infusion from coffee leaves – Authorization as novel food
On occasion of the current discussions in DIN Tea, we would like to inform about “coffee leaf tea”. In addition to coffee cherry pulp (see News from 02-2022), the European Union has authorized an infusion from coffee leaves as a novel food (traditional food from a third country) in the EU. This product can already
... Continued
Cascara – approval as a novel food
The European Union has approved Cascara as a novel food (traditional from third countries). Dried pulp of coffee cherry (cascara) and its infusion can be placed on the market in the EU from 4th February 2022. The authorization, specifications as well as conditions of use are set in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/47 of 13th
... Continued
