Some bottles of Lipid Juice

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Taste-masking emulsions are prepared
All production is supported by the Lab
GCs are used for fatty acid analysis
Customer-supplied samples are prepared
Super-pure lipids are analysed

Equateq offers a wide range of analyses to the highest standards.

The analytical facility has passed an FDA pre-approval inspection and MHRA inspections and performs analyses in compliance with cGMP standards for APIs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients/Drug Substance) and Drug Products for both IMPs (Investigational Medicinal Products) and licensed products.

Equateq also offer a comprehensive stability testing service using our continuously monitored, temperature and humidity controlled cabinets, with storage conditions ranging from -20?C to 40?C/75%RH in accordance with ICH guidelines.

Every aspect of stability testing is catered for from advice on study design, evaluation of stability indicating parameters/methods and method validation to provision of a comprehensive final report.

Equateq�s Pristine cGMP Lab Our analytical expertise is primarily with edible oils and the analyses we currently offer include:

  • Acid value
  • Peroxide value
  • p-Anisidine value
  • Iodine value
  • Moisture content (Karl Fisher)
  • Saponification value
  • Unsaponifiable matter
  • Fatty acid profile by GC-FID
  • Quantitative fatty acids; GLA, EPA, DHA, DPA, etc
  • Residual solvents by GC-Headspace
  • Tocopherol analysis - HPLC
  • Conjugated dienes
  • Lovibond & Gardner colour
  • Heavy metals
  • Residue on ignition
  • Vitamin A and D
  • �-carotene
  • Chlorophyll
  • Capsule disintegration
  • Capsule Fill Weight/Uniformity

Real-time and accelerated stability is monitored in our ICH-compliant incubator room A range of other analyses are also possible -- please ask.

The equipment which we use includes:

  • HPLC
  • Gas chromatography
  • Headspace GC
  • UV/visible spectrophotomtry
  • Fourier transform infra red spectrometry (FT-IR)
  • Atomic absorption