NPAL Method Summaries

We’ve put together a collection of method summaries that provide a valuable resource for working with NPAL.

Chemistry Technical Data Sheets

General Nutrition

• Ash, Loss on Ignition
• Crude Fat, Acid Hydrolysis
• Crude Fat, Soxhlet
• Crude Fiber
• Dietary Fiber - Total, Soluble, and Insoluble
• Moisture, Air Oven
• Moisture, Vacuum Oven
• Moisture, Karl Fischer
• pH - Acidity and Alkalinity
• Protein, Combustion
• Protein, Kjehldahl
• Total Fat from Fatty Acids by GC
• Total Iodine by ICP-MS

Amino Acids

• Total Acid Stable Amino Acids
• Total Free Amino Acids
• Tryptophan - Alkaline Hydrolysis

Nutritional Elements

• Mineral Determination by ICP

Vitamins

• Vitamin A, E by HPLC
• Vitamin B1, B2 by HPLC
• Vitamin B12 - Microbiological Method
• Vitamin D2 and D3 by LCMS

Heavy Metals

• Heavy Metal Determination by ICP
• Mercury - Atomic Absorption

Mycotoxins

• Aflatoxin Screen by ELISA
• Deoxynivalenol (Vomitoxin) by ELISA
• Fumonisins B1, B2 and B3 by Neogen Reveal Q+
   

Microbiology Technical Data Sheets

Quantitative

• Enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae - Petrifilm
• Enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae - Pour Plate Procedure
• Enumeration of Mesophilic or Thermophilic Anaerobic Microorganisms
• Enumeration of Thermophilic Microorganisms
• Enumeration of Yeasts and Molds
• Total Aerobic Plate Count - Pour Plate or Petrifilm

Qualitative

• Detection and Identification of Listeria species and Listeria monocytogenes
• Salmonella - Rapid Method Detection - Hygiena Bax
• Salmonella - Rapid Method Detection - VIDAS Easy SLM
• Isolation and Identification of Salmonella
• Serological Identification of Salmonella