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.

    Protein powders & dietary supplements

    Powdered products can concentrate harmful metals. We help supplement brands meet strict safety standards and maintain consumer trust.

    Juices, teas & alcoholic beverages

    Beverages can pick up metals during processing or packaging. Our precise testing helps you stay compliant and protect your brand.

    Our Metals Testing Process

    Connect

    Speak with a Microbac specialist to identify your testing goals

    Ship

    Send samples to one of our accredited labs

    Analyze

    Our experts test your samples using ICP-MS or AAS

    Report

    Receive a detailed, actionable lab report with results and interpretation

    Regulatory Compliance Support

    We help ensure your product meets:

    FDA guidelines for toxic elements in food

    California Proposition 65 requirements

    FSMA heavy metal testing protocols

    International Codex standards for metals in foods

    Our Advanced Instrumentation

    Microbac utilizes high-sensitivity analytical platforms for metals testing:

    These techniques allow for ultra-low detection limits and high precision.

    • ICP-MS

      Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

    • AAS

      Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy