Tea Heavy Metal Testing

Tea Heavy Metal Testing

Tea is one of the most popular beverages in the world, mainly because of its pleasant aroma, flavor, and potentially positive effects on mood. In addition to many bioactive substances, tea contains biological elements and toxic metals such as cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb). These two metals can cause permanent damage to key enzymes and many systems in the body. In addition, due to the heavy application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, tea garden soil and tea are susceptible to contamination by heavy metal elements. Current reports of excessive heavy metals in tea have raised more and more concerns about heavy metal contamination in tea. Therefore, in the context of contemporary food safety, the importance of developing heavy metal detection technology for tea has become increasingly prominent.

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Tea Heavy Metal Testing

International standards have stringent requirements for the content of contaminants in tea, especially for heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, and other indicators with more refined regulations. As a recognized leader in tea testing, Lifeasible can help you develop the best tea heavy metal detection solution for the concentration of toxic metals and other elements in tea and its infusion solution.

Our laboratories establish clear and straightforward methods to analyze various heavy metals in tea. These heavy metals can come from air pollutants and are determined by air movement from industrial areas. There is little growers can do to protect their tea from airborne contamination. We offer the most stringent health and safety standard testing methods to analyze tea for trace traces of heavy metals or any chemicals.

Heavy metals in tea are essential indicators in the tea quality evaluation process. During the brewing process, heavy metal elements can be transferred into the tea broth and enter the body through tea drinking, posing a potential health risk. Our experienced scientists will work closely with you to find simple and reliable analytical solutions for identifying specific heavy metals.

Tea Heavy Metal Testing Items Tea Heavy Metal Exact Methods Tea Heavy Metal Testing Methods
Toxic metals:
Lead, Copper, Chromium, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic, Fluoride, etc.
  • Wet ablation
  • Microwave digestion
  • Dry ablation
  • Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
  • Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
  • Flame air-acetylene atomic absorption spectrometry
  • UV-Vis spectrophotometry
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
  • Graphite metal spectrometry

Lifeasible aims to provide an efficient and reliable technique to analyze heavy metals in soil-tea-broth systems, to help customers produce pollution-free, green and organic teas, and to provide the basis for studies on exposure to heavy metals in tea. Our efficient customer-focused service will guarantee the quality of your results and save you time and money. If you are interested in our solutions, please contact us for technical consultation and quotation.

Reference

  1. Brzezicha-Cirocka J, et al. (2016) Monitoring of essential and heavy metals in green tea from different geographical origins. Environ Monit Assess. 188(3):183.
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