Analysis and Evaluation of Essential Oils and Extracts
From identity validation to contaminant testing (metals, pesticides), we provide the scientific evidence essential to your credibility. Fast, independent service to secure your market launch, even for your most complex requests.
Services
Do you distill, distribute, or sell essential oils?
Leave no doubt about the quality of your oils. PhytoChemia offers you the expertise of an independent ISO 17025 laboratory to transform your quality control obligations into a genuine competitive advantage. Reliability, precision, and speed to support your growth.
GC: An Essential Test
Ensure your product compliance with the industry standard test. Our GC analyses (ISO 17025) meet the highest requirements, including those of Amazon and major international markets. Reliability, speed, and recognition: give your oils the credibility they deserve.
Analysis
Taking Your Results Further
We can also support you in going even further. Depending on your needs, market requirements, and specific concerns, various complementary services may be beneficial—ranging from physicochemical parameters to impurity analysis and oxidative degradation, as well as the preparation of Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
Pesticide Residues
Even in organic essential oils, volatile pesticide residues are frequently present. They are carried over with the essential oil during distillation of the plant material.
Stay aware of what hides in your oil and keep residual pesticide levels under control with our extensive GC-MS/MS screening, whose results account for potential matrix effects.
Our analysis covers more than 180 pesticide residues, and quantifying them allows comparison with the levels tolerated by the USP 561 standard. Knowing which pesticides are present in your essential oils, and how often, is valuable for setting a reasonable tolerance for certain residue levels and for sorting between suppliers and geographic sources.
Heavy Metals
Guarantee the quality and safety of your products by measuring, through ICP-MS analysis, several heavy metals that can be harmful to health in your essential oils. The following metals can be analyzed:
- Cadmium (Cd)
- Lead (Pb)
- Arsenic (As)
- Mercury (Hg)
- Antimony (Sb)
Residual Solvents
Guarantee the quality of your oil or aromatic extract by detecting traces of solvents. This is particularly relevant for absolutes and concretes.
This method is based on the USP 467 standard.
Acid and Peroxide Values
Keep an eye on ageing oil batches, particularly if they have sat on a shelf for a long time or have been improperly stored.
Acid and peroxide values are titrimetric methods that indicate how far an oil has aged oxidatively.
Optical Rotation
This physicochemical parameter lets you verify the optical activity of your sample.
You can then compare the optical rotation value with international standards or with your own specifications.
Advantages
Further Benefits of Quality Control for Your Oils
Supplier Qualification
Vetting suppliers can be challenging without assistance.
By partnering with PhytoChemia to test batches prior to purchase and qualify your sources, you ensure your suppliers are trustworthy and provide products you can stand behind with complete peace of mind.
Marketing Tools
Publishing independent analysis reports on your website speaks volumes about your commitment to your brand.
Upon a simple email request, we can grant you permanent permission to publish all your reports on your website as part of your marketing strategy.
Consistency Monitoring
Building a brand requires batch-to-batch consistency.
Our analytical services help you track and control variations between batches and suppliers, ensuring you offer consistent products to your customers.
We can compare your results against any in-house specifications you require at no extra cost, and provide detailed insights into your results whenever you have questions.
Flexible Turnaround Times
The international essential oil market is fast-paced. A batch awaiting analysis prior to purchase may not remain available on the market for long.
PhytoChemia offers several expedited analysis options to meet your urgent needs, with turnaround times as short as 24 hours!
Independence
PhytoChemia is not affiliated with any essential oil producer, distributor, or retailer; our conclusions are therefore drawn on a strictly independent and objective basis.
This ensures that our observations are not biased by any underlying commercial interests.
Experience
Our Experience, Philosophy, and Recognition
Backed by a research team with decades of combined experience and continuous training in natural product chemistry and laboratory analysis, we make a clear commitment to our clients. Choosing PhytoChemia means receiving analytical results that exceed expectations, along with personalized support to help you achieve your goals.
After years of R&D and building mutually enriching client relationships, PhytoChemia has become a benchmark in the natural health product sector. Our clients rely on our laboratory as a scientific authority to attest to the quality of their products.
Contact
Let's Tackle Challenges Together
Every contract is equally important to us. We take pride in offering and developing analysis methods tailored to your specific products and needs. Our scientists are ready to answer your questions.
628 Boulevard du Saguenay Ouest,
Saguenay, Québec G7J 1H4 Canada
581-222-3232
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