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Feed analysis: safety and quality for animal food

Alongside drinking water, feed is the most important resource in livestock farming. As a manufacturer of feeds or pet food, you are faced with high production process and product requirements in every regard.

Cows eating hay after feed analysis.

Together, we will establish the prerequisites for healthy and productive animals thanks to reliable nutrition value analyses and competent consulting. At the same time, the legislator is demanding increasing self-responsibility from all parties involved in the feed chain. Safety and quality are therefore crucial to you and the success of your feed on the market.

WESSLING is one of the laboratories recognised by the GAFTA (Grain and Feed Traders Association) for the analysis of grain and feed as well as one of the companies recommended by the FEDIOL (EU Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal Industry Association) for the analysis of oilseeds and products obtained from them.

The GAFTA is an amalgamation of international grain and feed trading companies. It fosters and protects the interests of its members. Its quality standards form the basis for trading contracts around the globe.

Our range of services in the field of feed in detail

Our range of services in the field of feed in detail

QS feed monitoring

Quality assurance as per QS feed monitoring

The feed industry ensures the highest standards of quality thanks to QS feed monitoring. It serves to monitor products that are produced according to the criteria specified by QS and which are permitted to bear the seal. The WESSLING sites in Altenberge and Berlin are recognised by QS and check adherence to the limit values defined here for various parameters within the feed industry stage.

Feeds are analysed in the WESSLING laboratories according to the QS feed monitoring quality standards.

Good and safe feed as the basis for high-quality foodstuffs

Our services in detail:

  • Aflatoxin B1
  • Zearalenone (ZEA)
  • Deoxynivalenol / vomitoxin (DON)
  • Ochratoxin (OTA)
  • Dioxins
  • Dioxin-like PCB
  • Non-dioxin-like PCBs
  • Sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCB
  • Salmonella
  • Cadmium
  • Lead
  • Arsenic
  • Mercury
  • Animal constituents
  • Pesticide residues
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
  • Antibiotically active substances
  • Methanol

Our range of services in the field of feed in detail

Livestock feed

Feed analyses: success factor for your feed quality

The quality of animal feed is a key factor for success in livestock husbandry and therefore in the entire animal produce chain. Benefit from WESSLING's analysis and consulting, because the safety and quality of your livestock feed are crucial to its market success.

Cows eating feed that WESSLING analyses in its laboratories.
We help you to ensure product quality – from raw materials to finished product. Our customers include trading companies, feed manufacturers and farmers from across Europe. Together with you, we establish the prerequisites for your success through reliable analyses and competent consulting.

WESSLING is your partner for protecting your brand, minimising risks and meeting legal requirements. Our accredited laboratories and a broad range of analyses are available to you for ensuring this. You receive your analysis results in digital form, quickly and on time. Chemical, sensory and microbiological tests, feed value analyses, trace analyses of residues and contaminants and the detection of genetically modified organisms – all from one source.

Nutritional value analyses and evaluations with NIRS for optimal care of your livestock

Using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), we examine the nutritional values of your feed in our laboratories. These may vary depending on the variety, soil condition or fertilisation. If farmers know the ingredients of their feed, they can adapt the feed ration to the needs of their livestock. Compared to other analyses, the NIRS test method is relatively fast and comparatively inexpensive.

We include the following parameters when using NIRS:

  • Raw ash 
  • Crude protein 
  • Crude fibre
  • Crude fat
  • Starch
  • Sugar
  • NDF
  • ADF   
  • aNDF om  
  • ADFom  
  • ADL   
  • Gas formation
  • ELOS
  • EULOS
  • ME (cattle)  
  • Net energy lactation (NEL)
  • ME pig
  • nXP
  • RNB
  • Amino acid distribution: Lys, Met, Met+Cys, Thr, Try, verd. Lys, verd. Met+Cys, verd. Thr, verd. Try

As an alternative to the NIRS method, we also offer traditional analysis using wet-chemical methods.

Our range of services in the field of feed in detail

Pet food

Analysis of pet food - ensuring optimum quality

A broad range of food is available for domestic pets. The formulations are aimed precisely at the requirements of dogs, cats, ornamental birds, ornamental fish, rabbits and other small animals. WESSLING checks the quality of your products and thus helps you to protect your brand, minimise risks and meet legal requirements.

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Pet food supplies an optimum combination of all vital nutrients and trace elements, thus contributing to the health and welfare of domestic pets. So benefit from our reliable analyses and competent consulting such as expert listing reports. You receive your analysis results quickly and on time. We perform chemical and microbiological tests, feed value analyses, trace analyses of residues and contaminants and the detection of genetically modified organisms for you.

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