All Product & Ingredient Testing

Food Metals

Ensure the Safety of Your Food Products with Precision Metals Testing

Protect your consumers and meet strict regulatory requirements with advanced food metals testing from Microbac Laboratories. From baby food to beverages, our accredited labs deliver fast, reliable, and accurate results you can trust.

Why Partner with Microbac?

Food manufacturers are required to monitor and control levels of heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury to ensure consumer safety and regulatory compliance. Microbac’s food testing experts bring decades of experience, advanced instrumentation, and personalized service to support your testing needs.

Benefits include

Accurate testing using ICP-MS and OES instrumentation

Fast turnaround times for time-sensitive decisions

Nationwide network of ISO 17025-accredited laboratories

Regulatory support for FDA, USDA, FSMA, and Prop 65

Common Metals We Test For

We specialize in the detection and quantification of metals including:

Our testing covers total and inorganic forms where required.

Lead (Pb)
Aluminum (Al)
Arsenic (As)
Tin (Sn)
Cadmium (Cd)
Chromium (Cr)
Mercury (Hg)
Nickel (Ni)

Products We Commonly Test

Baby food & infant formula

Ensuring the highest safety standards for the most vulnerable consumers, we test for toxic elements in compliance with evolving FDA guidance.

Fruits & vegetables

Fresh and processed produce can absorb metals from soil or water. Our testing confirms levels are within safe and acceptable limits.

Cereals, grains & rice

These staple foods are often at higher risk for heavy metal contamination. Microbac provides thorough analysis to support quality control and labeling.