🇨🇿 AROCO, spol. s r.o. PL
Food & beverages
AROCO, spol. s r.o. is a laboratory accredited by ČIA under number 1169 (190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic). Its accreditation scope covers 6 test methods in the following areas: Food & beverages. Test objects include: Beverages, syrups, flavourings and essences, Beverages, flavourings, essences and extracts, Beverages, syrups, marmalades, ketchups, delicatessen salads, flavo…, Beverages, syrups, marmalades, ketchups, powdered food colourings,…. Most frequently used techniques: HPLC method with DAD detector, Distillation-titration method, Spectrophotometric method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: ČIA 1169
- Methods in scope: 6
- Types of test objects: 5
- Techniques used: 3
- City: 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic
- Valid until: 20-10-2030
- Accreditation number
- 1169
- Accreditation body
- ČIA
- Address
- Spojovací 798/31, Vysočany, 190 00 Praha 9
- City
- 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic
- Division
- Laboratorium badawcze
- Valid until
- 20-10-2030
What this laboratory tests (5)
- Beverages, syrups, flavourings and essences — 2 methods
- Beverages, flavourings, essences and extracts — 1 method
- Beverages, syrups, marmalades, ketchups, delicatessen salads, flavourings, essences — 1 method
- Beverages, syrups, marmalades, ketchups, powdered food colourings, flavourings, essences — 1 method
- Beverages, syrups, wines, vegetables and vegetable products — 1 method
Analytical techniques used (3)
- HPLC method with DAD detector — 4 methods
- Distillation-titration method — 1 method
- Spectrophotometric method — 1 method
Certificate information
- Certificate date
- 20.10.2025
Accreditation scope — test methods (6)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Beverages, syrups, marmalades, ketchups, powdered food colourings, flavourings, essences | Determination of synthetic food colours Indigotine E132 Tartrazine E102 Sunset Yellow FCF E110 Amaranth E123 Allura Red AC E129 Red 2G E128 Ponceau 4R E124 Brilliant Black BN E151 Patent Blue V E131 Azorubine E122 Quinoline Yellow E104 Brilliant Blue FCF E133 |
HPLC method with DAD detector | IZP 1/96 (Weaver K.M., Neale M.E., High perfomance LC detection and quantitation of synthetic dyes a diode array detector, J.Chromatography, 354, 486 - 489, 1986) | |
| 2 | Beverages, syrups, marmalades, ketchups, delicatessen salads, flavourings, essences | Determination of benzoic acid, sorbic acid and their salts, and caffeine Benzoic acid and its salts Sorbic acid and its salts Caffeine |
HPLC method with DAD detector | IZP 2/96 (Williams M.L.: Food Chemistry 22 (3) 235-244, 1986) | |
| 3 | Beverages, flavourings, essences and extracts | Determination of vanillin and ethylvanillin Vanillin Ethylvanillin |
HPLC method with DAD detector | IZP 3/96 (Vanillin in Sweetened Drinks, V.L. McNeil and K.A.Schmidt, Journal of Food Science, Vol. 58, No. 5, 1993) | |
| 4 | Beverages, syrups, flavourings and essences | Determination of quinine | Spectrophotometric method | IZP 4/96 (ČSN 56 0240, část 11, Davídek, J.: Laboratorní příručka analýzy potravin, SNTL, 1981, str. 634) | |
| 5 | Beverages, syrups, flavourings and essences | Determination of aspartame, acesulfame K and saccharin Aspartame Acesulfame K Saccharin |
HPLC method with DAD detector | IZP 5/96 (Williams M.L.: Food Chemistry 22 (3) 235-244, 1986) | |
| 6 | Beverages, syrups, wines, vegetables and vegetable products | Determination of sulphur dioxide | Distillation-titration method | IZP 6/99 (ČSN 56 0246, část 22:1982; ČSN EN 13196) | |
Reference standards (13)
Davídek, J.: Laboratorní příručka analýzy potravin, SNTL, 1981, str. 634
IZP 1/96
IZP 2/96
IZP 3/96
IZP 4/96
IZP 5/96
IZP 6/99
Vanillin in Sweetened Drinks, V.L. McNeil and K.A.Schmidt, Journal of Food Science, Vol. 58, No. 5, 1993
Weaver K.M., Neale M.E., High perfomance LC detection and quantitation of synthetic dyes a diode array detector, J.Chromatography, 354, 486 - 489, 1986
Williams M.L.: Food Chemistry 22 (3) 235-244, 1986
ČSN 56 0240, část 11
ČSN 56 0246, část 22:1982
ČSN EN 13196