Phytocontrol, analytical expert for the wine industry!
At the forefront of analytical innovation, Phytocontrol continuously develops new fast and reliable methods to bring you the best European expertise in contaminant analysis for professionals in the wine industry.
Contaminant analysis, a core business of Phytocontrol, is complemented by an additional offering in food microbiology and physico-chemistry, as well as a pool of innovative solutions for water analysis. Phytocontrol thus offers a comprehensive approach to meet all your analytical needs.
The Group’s values
Competence, Integrity, Authenticity and Responsibility, together with our history, symbolise the identity shared by everyone at the Phytocontrol Group. Every day, these values guide our actions and our relationships with our stakeholders. We demonstrate independence and impartiality, reflected in the analysis results we deliver daily, and we constantly assess the scope and consequences of our actions. We understand the need to account to our clients for the precision and accuracy of the analytical tests entrusted to us, while maintaining absolute discretion and confidentiality.
Phytocontrol services
The International Code of Oenological Practices (OIV) and European regulations set certain limits for contaminants in wine. Phytocontrol is able to test for most of these contaminants, such as pesticides (MRLs on wine grapes), metals (lead, cadmium, arsenic, zinc, copper), ochratoxin A, biogenic amines, phthalates and bisphenol A, allergens (sulphites, casein, egg protein), ethyl carbamate, as well as nutritional values.
• Expertise: a list of pesticide residues specific to the wine industry with more than 200 relevant active substances that meets European and national regulatory requirements.
• Innovation: a state-of-the-art analytical fleet using LC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS, APGC-MS/MS and LC/GC-QTOF technologies to offer you ever more reliable and responsive analyses.
• Proximity: our offices cover the whole country and carry out on-site collections.
• Availability: a single point of contact trained in crisis management to support you with technical and regulatory questions.
• Responsiveness: your routine analyses within 3 days
