Vegetal Products Department

Sensory Testing

  • Quality classification of olive oil by sensory testing,


Analysis for sugary, fruit, vegetal and agricultural food products (honey, royal jelly etc.)

  • Identifying the adulteration in foodstuff,
  • Developing new products and identification of process technologies,
  • Determining the composition,
  • Monitoring the quality change

Analysis for whole grains, cereals and spices;

  • Development of new products and determination of process technologies,
  • Identifying  food adulteration,
  • Determination of nutrient composition​

For vegetable oil;

  • Determining of sterol compounds and the composition of fatty acids,
  • Identifying food adulteration,
  • Identifying the quality parameters

Other analyses;

  • Determining of trans fatty acids, omega 3, omega 6, saturated and unsaturated fatty acids in vegetable oil and animal fat samples,
  • Identifying the adulteration in fatty food samples,
  • Identifying the adulteration in olive oil,
  • Determining methanol in high alcoholic beverages,
  • Determining ethanol in low and high alcoholic beverages


Laboratory Equipments;
  • Rancimat Analyzer
  • Spectrophotometer
  • Dietary Fiber Analyzer
  • HPLC (RI and UV-DAD detector)
  • GC-FID
  • Headspace-GC
  • Total Fat Analyzer
  • Protein Analyzer​
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