EIGA 126-20 Minimum Properties Test for Food Gas Applications

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of EIGA 126-20 test. It covers the properties of all gases approved for use as food additives or used in other food applications.

Food gases are used as ingredients, additives and processing aids and include:

• carbonation of beverages;
• Modified atmosphere packaging;
• Packaging (eg bread, meat, etc.);
• Storage (eg controlled atmospheres for fruit and vegetables); and
• Processing (eg cooling, temperature-controlled freezing, pH control, etc.).

A gas is defined as an ingredient when it is used in the preparation of a food and is present in the final product even in a modified form, for example in the carbonation of beverages.

While food law requirements are generally applicable, no specific purity criteria have been set under EU law for the use of gases as an ingredient. Any food additive criteria set for gas may be relevant, along with general food safety and hygiene legislation.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with EIGA 126-20 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.