Laboratory testing for botanical ingredients
Independent laboratory testing coordinated around the selected ingredient, agreed specification, buyer requirements and destination market.
Test what the product and transaction require
A useful laboratory report starts with the correct specification. Different botanical ingredients, forms, applications and destination markets can require different parameters, limits and analytical methods.
Systler coordinates independent laboratory testing according to the agreed commercial requirement. The testing scope can include safety, identity, physical, purity, active-compound and other product-specific parameters rather than applying one generic panel to every ingredient.
Testing selected around your specification
The parameters below represent testing that can be coordinated where relevant. The final test panel is confirmed against the product, specification, application and destination requirements.
Identity & physical parameters
Botanical identity, appearance, colour, odour, moisture, ash, particle size or mesh and other physical parameters according to the agreed product specification.
Microbiological testing
Parameters can include total plate count, yeast & mould, coliforms, E. coli, Salmonella and other microorganisms required by the specification or intended application.
Heavy metals
Testing can include lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury and other elements, with limits and methods selected according to the agreed requirement.
Pesticide residues
Multi-residue pesticide screening can be coordinated where required by the buyer, product application or destination market.
ETO / 2-CE & contaminants
Ethylene oxide, 2-Chloroethanol, aflatoxins and other contaminants can be included where relevant to the ingredient, buyer or market.
Product-specific parameters
Product-specific testing can include psyllium purity and swell volume, withanolides, curcumin, thymoquinone, coumarin and other agreed quality or active parameters.
From buyer requirement to laboratory scope
Testing should answer a commercial or quality requirement. We use the buyer's specification and intended market to determine which parameters need to be confirmed.
| Testing area | Typical parameters | Scope basis |
|---|---|---|
| Identity & physical | Identity, appearance, moisture, ash, mesh or particle size | Product specification and agreed method |
| Microbiological | Total plate count, yeast & mould, coliforms, E. coli, Salmonella | Buyer limits, application and destination requirements |
| Heavy metals | Lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury | Agreed limits and analytical method |
| Pesticide residues | Multi-residue screen or specified pesticide panel | Buyer and destination-market requirement |
| Contaminants | ETO, 2-CE, aflatoxins and other specified contaminants | Product, application and market requirement |
| Active / quality parameters | Product-specific assay, purity, swell volume or active compounds | Agreed commercial specification |
| Additional requirements | Nutritional, allergen or other requested testing | Coordinated where applicable and technically available |
How testing is coordinated
The testing route is confirmed before commercial execution so the laboratory work supports the specification the buyer actually needs.
1. Define requirements
Confirm the ingredient, form, grade, specification, quantity, application, destination and required test parameters.
2. Review available evidence
Review available specifications, supplier or manufacturer documentation and relevant laboratory information against the requirement.
3. Confirm test scope
Required parameters, limits, methods, sample quantity, laboratory, cost and expected turnaround are confirmed for the agreed requirement.
4. Review results
Laboratory results are reviewed against the agreed specification and incorporated into the applicable commercial-lot documentation.
Evidence connected to the agreed requirement
Laboratory documentation is reviewed together with the product specification and supporting supply-chain evidence rather than treated as a standalone claim about every product or shipment.
Before commercial testing
Laboratory scope
Commercial-lot documentation
Testing through appropriate independent laboratories
The laboratory is selected according to the required parameter, analytical method, accreditation or recognition requirement, destination market, turnaround time and commercial need. Where a buyer requires a particular accreditation, laboratory or test method, that requirement should be stated before testing is commissioned.
This approach allows the testing package to be matched to the transaction rather than implying that one laboratory or accreditation automatically covers every botanical ingredient and every analytical parameter.
Lab testing FAQs
Yes. Independent laboratory testing can be coordinated according to the selected botanical ingredient, agreed specification, buyer requirements and destination market.
Testing can include identity and physical parameters, microbiology, heavy metals, pesticide residues, ETO and 2-Chloroethanol, aflatoxins, active compounds and other product-specific parameters where required.
No. The appropriate test panel depends on the ingredient, form, specification, application, buyer requirements and destination market. A psyllium requirement, for example, can involve different parameters from black seed oil or Ceylon cinnamon.
Yes. Send us the required parameters, limits and methods if you have them. We will review the requested scope against the product and coordinate the appropriate testing route.
Available representative or previous documentation can be shared during product qualification where available. Commercial-lot documentation is coordinated according to the agreed order and testing requirements.
Tell us which tests your requirement needs
Share the ingredient, specification, quantity, destination and required parameters. We can review the testing scope alongside your sourcing request.
