Northland Laboratories is a leader in comprehensive services for the food and beverage industry. We follow a strict quality program, GLP, and regulatory guidelines. Our expert staff can help assist with Quality Assurance and Control issues, testing programs, environmental programs, and auditing. We offer customized training and regulatory support to help ensure product safety and quality and to protect your product brand.


Our chemistry department is renowned for its reliability and accuracy and has been recognized by AOCS for performance in Nutrition Labeling and Cholesterol testing. Our analytical services include; method validation for your product matrices including lab test methods and equipment applications; nutrition label generation and claim verification; contaminate monitoring; ingredient monitoring; and quality assessment.


Product safety has become the biggest concern for manufacturers, retailers, and consumers. When they occur, foodborne illnesses get a lot of media attention and it is important to ensure that your products are free of microbial contaminates. Pathogen testing programs and environmental programs as a part of your quality system are practices that ensure product safety prior to their release. Quality of your products is very important too. Testing for spoilage organisms and general indicator bacteria can indicate potential for additional microbial growth. It can also be a sign of a preservative system failure.


Our many years of experience and technical expertise can also assist with research studies, product development, shelf life, and challenge studies. We follow current standard methods such as: AOAC, AOCS, ASTA, ASBC, FDA-BAM, CMMEF, SMWWA, USDA, USP/NF. If standard methods are not available to meet your needs we will partner with you to research, develop, and implement one that will.


We can independently help resolve disputes and complaints with the help of our laboratory facilities, research groups, and consultants. Our special team of experts have a diverse background of knowledge, experience, and capabilities that you can trust and have confidence in. We can provide accurate and unbiased information on consumer complaints so that you have the ability to respond back to the consumer in a fair and equitable manner


The sensory facility at our Northbrook location specializes in consumer acceptance, discrimination, and descriptive studies. Our team can help support your marketing department with product launches or help with cost reduction by giving data that will help with ingredient substitution.


Northland Laboratories partners with companies in the food, beverage, retail, and foodservice industries to facilitate success in food safety and quality.