Dietary Supplements testing labs

Koala Labs is a food, supplement, and consumer product testing laboratory specializing in routine safety and quality-control testing for finished products, raw materials, and production batches. The lab supports brands, manufacturers, and Amazon sellers with fast-turnaround microbiology, heavy metals, potency, and stability testing.

Laboratorio Analítico Agro Industrial (LAAI) is Uruguay's largest national laboratory dedicated to quality evaluation and control, offering a comprehensive suite of chemical, physical, and microbiological analyses across the agricultural, food, environmental, and industrial sectors. Founded on a mission to serve Uruguay's productive economy, LAAI provides analytical services spanning the entire supply chain — from raw primary production inputs such as soils, seeds, and fertilizers through to finished industrialized food products and chemical commodities. The laboratory's deep technical scope and national geographic coverage make it a central reference institution for businesses, producers, and exporters requiring reliable, accredited analytical data anywhere in Uruguay. LAAI offers a full spectrum of testing services across an exceptionally wide range of sample matrices. The laboratory evaluates food products of all kinds under its food safety (inocuidad alimentaria) program, assessing microbiological safety, chemical contaminants, nutritional composition, and physical properties. Agricultural matrices routinely analyzed include grains, animal feed rations (raciones), silage (silos), pastures, leaf material, seeds, soils, agrochemicals, and fertilizers — covering the critical inputs and outputs of Uruguay's dominant agricultural sector. Water and industrial effluents are also analyzed, providing environmental compliance services to agricultural and industrial operators requiring regulatory monitoring data. A strategically important expansion of LAAI's analytical portfolio is its dedicated program for the analysis of cannabis and hemp flower (inflorescencias) and extracts. These services cover the chemical composition of raw cannabis flower and processed extract matrices, serving licensed producers and processors operating within Uruguay's regulated cannabis framework. This capability is underpinned by the laboratory's investment in a new Triple Quad LC-MS/MS system from AB Sciex, one of the industry's most advanced liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry platforms, which enables highly sensitive simultaneous detection of cannabinoids, residues, and trace contaminants at parts-per-billion and parts-per-trillion concentrations. The AB Sciex Triple Quad LC-MS/MS platform substantially enhances LAAI's capacity for multi-residue pesticide and agrochemical analysis, veterinary drug residue testing, mycotoxin determination, and trace contaminant quantification across all food and agricultural matrices. Operating at this sensitivity level, the system meets the analytical thresholds demanded by both Uruguayan domestic regulatory authorities and the international markets to which Uruguayan agricultural commodities are exported. This instrumentation complements the laboratory's established physical chemistry and microbiological infrastructure, giving LAAI a genuinely multi-disciplinary analytical capability managed under a single integrated quality system. LAAI operates under a Quality Management System certified to ISO 9001:2015 and holds accreditations under ISO/IEC 17025:2017 — the international standard for testing and calibration laboratory competence — across a broad range of national and international schemes. The laboratory emphasizes participation in international interlaboratory proficiency testing programs, which provide independent external verification of analytical performance and result traceability. This combination of quality certifications, formal accreditations, and ongoing proficiency participation gives clients high confidence in the accuracy, repeatability, and international comparability of LAAI's reported results. LAAI operates from three strategically positioned facilities distributed across Uruguay to ensure broad coverage of the country's major productive agricultural regions. The central laboratory (Laboratorio Central) is located in Paysandú in the northwest of Uruguay (Route 90, Km 5; GPS -32.3239, -58.0464), serving the important agricultural zones of the western Litoral. A second laboratory operates in Durazno in the country's interior (Route 5, Km 177; GPS -33.4374, -56.4887), and a third is established in Santa Lucía in southern Uruguay (Route 11, Km 87.5; GPS -34.4661, -56.3683), close to the Montevideo metropolitan production hinterland. A coordinated logistics network links all three sites, allowing samples to be received and processed from any point in the country. LAAI provides clients with continuous digital access to their analytical data through a proprietary intranet platform and dedicated mobile applications, enabling real-time visibility into results, work-in-progress status, historical statistics, and other account information from any location. Customer service is available Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. by telephone, supplemented by live online chat during business hours. The laboratory also generates its own clean, sustainable, and renewable energy for its operations, reflecting an institutional commitment to environmental responsibility. Taken together — the breadth of accreditations, cutting-edge triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry, national logistics infrastructure, digital data access, and demonstrated sustainability practices — LAAI presents itself as a credible, well-resourced analytical partner for agricultural producers, food processors, exporters, and regulated-industry operators throughout Uruguay.

AAT – Advanced Analytical Technologies S.r.l. is a specialized Italian contract laboratory founded in 2005 as a spin-off of the Catholic University of Piacenza (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), located at Via Paolo Majavacca 12, in Fiorenzuola d'Arda (Piacenza), northern Italy. The company was created to respond to the rapidly growing scientific and commercial interest in functional foods, probiotics, and nutraceuticals by providing rigorously validated analytical and research services to food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and nutraceutical manufacturers. Its founding mission was to bridge academic microbiological science with the practical industrial need for reliable, accredited probiotic testing — a niche that at the time was severely underserved by conventional contract laboratories. The core testing service offered by AAT is the identification, characterization, and viability evaluation of probiotic bacteria in food products, dietary supplements, and pharmaceutical formulations. The laboratory specializes in the analysis of the most commercially important probiotic genera, particularly Lactobacillus (Lacticaseibacillus, Limosilactobacillus, Ligilactobacillus) and Bifidobacterium species, as well as other lactic acid bacteria used in functional food and supplement applications. Enumeration methods include culture-based colony-forming unit (CFU) counting on selective agar media, supported by flow cytometry for cell viability discrimination and molecular DNA-based approaches such as quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and digital PCR (dPCR), which allow strain-specific identification and enumeration even when closely related species are present in a mixed-strain formulation. These analytical methods are applied to tablets, capsules, sachets, fermented dairy products, beverages, infant foods, and animal feed matrices containing declared probiotic ingredients. AAT holds ISO/IEC 17025:2018 accreditation awarded by ACCREDIA, the Italian national accreditation body, under certificate number 1357L. The scope of accreditation covers microbiological test methods applied to food supplements for human consumption that are based on or contain probiotic bacteria, including culture-based counting of bifidobacteria and lactobacilli and adhesion-ability testing of probiotic strains to human cell lines. This accreditation provides customers with the independent, third-party-validated assurance required by regulatory agencies and retail buyers when substantiating the quality and label claims of probiotic products sold in Europe and internationally. One of AAT's most distinctive capabilities is its portfolio of in-vitro research models for pre-clinical studies of probiotic functionality. The laboratory has developed and, critically, accredited these in-vitro model systems under ISO/IEC 17025:2018 — making AAT, at the time of writing, the only laboratory in Europe to have obtained formal ISO 17025 accreditation for this category of tests. These models allow the study of interactions between human intestinal or skin cells, food ingredients, botanical extracts, and probiotic bacteria. Specific capabilities include adhesion and colonization assays on human intestinal cell lines, competitive exclusion testing against pathogenic bacteria, immunomodulation assessments, and barrier-integrity studies. Such in-vitro data form a critical part of the pre-clinical evidence package required when filing for health claims under EU Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006 or when preparing regulatory dossiers for novel probiotic ingredients. AAT also provides analytical support to clinical trials studying the human and animal gut microbiome. Using next-generation sequencing (NGS) and other DNA-based molecular tools, the laboratory characterizes the composition and fluctuations of the intestinal microbiota in both healthy subjects and those undergoing treatment with pre- or probiotic supplements, pharmaceutical drugs, or specific dietary interventions. This service is offered to clinical research organizations (CROs), university research groups, and pharmaceutical companies conducting proof-of-concept or regulatory studies, and has been applied to research on conditions ranging from gastrointestinal disorders to metabolic health and immune function. Beyond pure analytics, AAT operates a dedicated R&D consulting division that supports clients throughout the full innovation cycle for probiotic and functional food products. Services include scientific strain selection — identifying superior microbial strains suited to specific target health benefits — pre-clinical functional characterization, formulation feasibility studies, design of stability protocols under accelerated and real-time conditions, and preparation of scientific dossiers for health claim applications submitted to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The laboratory also works on skinbiotics (topically applied probiotic or microbiome-modulating ingredients for cosmetic use), extending its expertise into the cosmetics and personal care sector. AAT's scientific team has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed publications in international journals in the fields of microbiology, food science, and nutrition, contributing to the broader body of evidence on probiotic quality and functionality. AAT serves clients across the food and beverage industry, dietary supplement and nutraceutical manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, cosmetics producers, and academic or clinical research institutions across Europe and beyond. The laboratory has participated in supranational collaborative initiatives with other independent accredited testing laboratories to establish harmonized methodologies and benchmarks for probiotic quality assessment — studies subsequently published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. With over two decades of focused expertise, ISO 17025 accreditation covering both routine microbiological testing and pioneering in-vitro models, and a strong publishing record in probiotic science, AAT represents a uniquely specialized and credible analytical partner for any organization requiring rigorous, evidence-based evaluation of probiotic products or ingredients.

Accuprec Research Labs is a USFDA-audited, NABL- and GLP-certified Indian contract research organisation (Ahmedabad) providing pharmaceutical, medical device and AYUSH testing to over 1,000 clients in 60+ countries, compliant with IP/BP/USP/ISO standards.

Accurac Laboratories

Doha, Doha

Accurac Laboratories is an independent analytical and testing laboratory headquartered in the Doha Industrial Area, Qatar. The company provides comprehensive chemical, microbiological, and physical testing services to clients across the food, water, oil, and environmental sectors. Established with a mission to deliver accurate, timely, and reliable results, Accurac Labs operates under a rigorous quality management system and serves food importers, manufacturers, producers, retail businesses, hospitality operators, hotels, private residences, project sites, and industrial facilities throughout Qatar. Water testing is one of Accurac Laboratories' core service areas. The laboratory is approved by the Qatar Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) and Qatar Standardisation to perform physical, chemical, and bacteriological analysis on a wide range of water matrices. Sample types include potable and drinking water, reverse osmosis (RO) water, borewell and ground water, tap water, chilled water, condenser water, make-up water, drain water, discharge water, sewage water, tertiary sewage effluent (TSE) water, irrigation water, and ice samples. For swimming pool compliance, the laboratory tests for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, coliforms, and Legionella sp. in accordance with recommended bacteriological criteria. Microbiological parameters covered include Legionella, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococci, Escherichia coli, and faecal coliform organisms, with sample collection conducted using mobile refrigeration units to maintain specimen integrity from point of collection to the laboratory. Food testing at Accurac Labs covers physical, chemical, and microbiological analysis across a broad range of product categories, including dairy products, seafood, beverages, swabs, and general foodstuffs. The laboratory provides nutrient monitoring and food safety assessments aligned with Qatar regulatory requirements and international standards. Pesticide residue analysis is a particular area of specialisation: the laboratory can identify and quantify more than 500 individual pesticide compounds in food, water, organic products, and agricultural crops using Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Liquid Chromatography (LC). Analytical approaches include Multi-Residue Methods (MRM) and Single Residue Methods (SRM), along with determinations of nitrate and nitrite. This service is designed to help food importers, manufacturers, producers, and retail operators satisfy Qatar's legal requirements, avoid customs clearance delays, and protect their brands from quality failures. Beyond food and water, Accurac Labs offers testing of oils and lubricants and conducts air monitoring services. These programmes extend the laboratory's reach into industrial and occupational health sectors, supporting clients in manufacturing, construction, and facility management who require routine compliance testing or troubleshooting of operational fluids and ambient air quality. Although detailed analyte lists for these programmes were not published on the website at time of review, they represent established service lines offered alongside the laboratory's food and water portfolios. Accurac Laboratories holds accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2017, the internationally recognised standard for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, and is registered under ISO 9001:2015 for its quality management system. The laboratory is also specifically approved by the Qatar Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) and Qatar Standardisation for water testing activities. Laboratory staff hold ISO training certifications and are active members of the American Public Health Association (APHA), reflecting the international professional standards maintained across its scientific team. All testing is conducted under strict adherence to ISO and local Qatari standards, with sampling procedures designed to minimise contamination risk. The laboratory's facilities are designed to meet ISO 9001 and 17025 requirements, with the layout and equipment configuration developed with support from specialised consultancy. Accurac Labs uses state-of-the-art, calibrated analytical instruments and maintains a large reference database to support client needs across multiple industries. Sample management is controlled through a Laboratory Barcode System (LBS), which tracks specimens from collection through to reporting. Clients can access their test results online in real time, as soon as data becomes available, providing transparency and fast turnaround that is particularly valuable to supply chain operators and facilities managers working to tight regulatory or operational deadlines. As the laboratory's management team combines many years of analytical laboratory experience with internationally qualified personnel, Accurac Labs positions itself as a credible testing partner for businesses operating in one of the Gulf region's most regulated and fastest-growing markets. The laboratory's on-site sample collection service, mobile refrigerated transport, and online results portal make it especially suitable for clients who require end-to-end support rather than drop-off-only testing, including hotels, catering companies, water treatment plants, farm operators, and construction project sites across Doha and the wider Qatar territory.

ACM Pharma is a French microbiology laboratory specialising in contamination control, supporting clients during the development of new products and the control of production. It offers a tailored panel of services ranging from product analysis to the development and validation of methods, as well as training, auditing and consultancy. Analyses are performed in dedicated, controlled areas in compliance with NF EN ISO/IEC 17025 and cGMP, following the main applicable references (European Pharmacopoeia, USP, NF EN ISO) and at the level each client requires — testing of finished products, bulk and raw materials, validation, applicability and method transfer, and the development of specific methods. ACM Pharma adapts its microbiology offering to each industry, including biocides, biopharmaceuticals, cosmetics, medical devices, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals. The laboratory invests in rapid, automated microbiological detection (such as the BacT/ALERT 3D system) to deliver fast results, and continues to expand its capabilities — for example in disinfectant-validation testing — to support manufacturers in an increasingly demanding regulatory environment.