Carnitine and choline in food

Analysis package for determining free or total carnitine and choline in food products with an HPLC-MS method based on AOAC 2015.10.

Both carnitine and choline are essential nutrients with many roles in human biology. They can be added to products such as infant formula and baby foods to obtain a balanced nutritional composition.

In the EU, it is mandatory to declare carnitine and choline content in the nutrition declaration for infant formula. See Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 for more information.

Suitable sample matrices
Food
Required sample quantity
100 g
Typical turnaround time
3 weeks after receiving the samples
Detection limit
0.9 mg/100 g per parameter
Available quality systems
Accredited test method
Device types

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