Food and Beverage Programs
Food and Beverage Testing Laboratory
Cora Science supports manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, brands, and product developers with testing for conventional foods, beverages, and agricultural or plant-derived ingredients.
Programs may include microbiology, contaminants, target-compound analysis, preservative efficacy, stability, and method support, depending on the matrix, method, and project requirements.
Testing Pathways
Food, beverage, and ingredient pathways
Choose the pathway that best matches your product. Matrix eligibility, method fit, and the final testing scope remain subject to technical review.
Dry and low-moisture foods and ingredients
Programs for eligible dry or low-moisture food and ingredient matrices.
Programs may include microbiology, contaminants, target-compound analysis, and stability support after method-and-matrix review.
Intake: Routine intake is limited to prequalified method-and-matrix combinations; other projects require technical review.
High-moisture, refrigerated, acidified, and processed foods
Programs for eligible aqueous, refrigerated, acidified, or processed food matrices.
Programs may include microbiology, preservative-efficacy work, and stability support after matrix-specific review.
Intake: Technical review is required before quotation.
Beverages and beverage ingredients
Programs for eligible nonalcoholic beverage and beverage-ingredient matrices.
Programs may include microbiology, contaminants, target-compound analysis, preservative efficacy, and stability support after method-and-matrix review.
Intake: Fermented, alcoholic, emulsion, high-fat, unusual-preservative, and low-acid products require technical review.
Agricultural and plant-derived ingredients
Programs for eligible agricultural and plant-derived ingredient matrices.
Programs may include contaminant, microbiology, identity, authenticity, and target-compound work after commodity-specific review.
Intake: Routine intake is limited to controlled matrix families; other commodities and preparations require technical review.
Related Testing Pathway
Also testing dietary supplements
Programs for eligible dietary supplement matrices. Routine intake is limited to the controlled method catalog; other projects require technical review.
Explore Botanical & Dietary Supplement TestingCommon Matrices
Examples for initial project routing
Examples do not establish universal coverage. Share the complete matrix and processing context so the team can determine whether a suitable method-and-matrix combination is available.
Use the Specification Selector- Flours
- Grains
- Sauces
- Dressings
- Ready-to-drink products
- Functional beverages
- Pulses
- Spices
How Work Gets Scoped
From product context to a reviewed project scope
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Share the matrix and context
Describe the product, processing or preservative context, target market, requested tests, sample volume, and timing.
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Complete technical review
The team reviews matrix eligibility, method fit, reporting needs, and any project-specific constraints.
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Confirm the quote
Scope, sample requirements, timing, and pricing are confirmed only after the technical review is complete.
Quality Context
State method and reporting requirements up front
Not every project uses the same method, matrix extension, reporting approach, or accreditation scope. Include any required method, limit, decision rule, or reporting statement in the quote request so it can be reviewed.
FDA pages and laboratory-method resources may provide context for some projects. They do not approve or certify Cora Science, its laboratory, a method, or a customer product.
Review Quality InformationFAQ
Questions before requesting a quote
What product types may be eligible for food and beverage programs?
The public program covers eligible dry or low-moisture foods and ingredients, high-moisture, refrigerated, acidified, or processed foods, nonalcoholic beverages and beverage ingredients, and agricultural or plant-derived ingredients. Eligibility depends on the matrix, method, and project requirements.
How are testing panels selected?
Panels are scoped from the product matrix, processing and preservative context, target market, requested analytes or microorganisms, and reporting needs. Technical review determines which work may be appropriate.
What happens with difficult or unusual matrices?
Projects involving fermented, alcoholic, emulsion, high-fat, low-acid, unusual-preservative, or otherwise complex matrices require technical review before quotation; a suitable program is not guaranteed.
What does an FDA reference mean for a testing project?
FDA pages and laboratory-method resources can provide product or method context. They do not approve or certify Cora Science, its laboratory, a method, or a customer product.
What information helps scope a quote and timing?
Share the matrix, processing or preservative context, target market, requested tests, sample volume, and timing. Turnaround is set only after the scope is reviewed.
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