With the Indian food and beverage market projected to display a robust growth represented by a CAGR of 7.2 percent during 2019 ­ 2024, knowing what you consume is as important as when you consume. Food is the basic essential that is necessary for human survival, however, over the years numerous factors such as microbial, chemical, physical have compromised the quality of the food which is directly concerned with every individual. Along with the above, factors like economic development, growing urbanization coupled with increasing middle-class population, and rising personal income of the consumers have also led to increased consumption of processed food amongst individuals. Keeping up the product quality levels to ensure safety and provide satisfaction to every consumer is the aim of every food and beverage provider.

Today, testing of food to instill confidence amongst consumers that the food is safe to eat is a very important part of the food safety ecosystem. Driven by increasing food trade across the globe, food contamination, adulteration and wrong food labeling, the Indian food testing market valued at $ 14 million in 2018 is projected to grow at a CAGR of 11.3 percent to reach $ 26.4 million by 2024. However, the number and spread of food testing labs in the country are grossly inadequate. Two young enthusiastic people, Meeta and Bharat Shingala came together with a desire to do something differently. With a vision and mission, the idea of starting a testing and inspection facility to help the industry for quality assurance and upliftment was evolved. With their focus on Touching lives through Quality Assurance, modest beginning made in 1988 under the name Testtex India Analytical Laboratory transformed into today's Testtex India Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.



A prominent name in the food and beverage testing and inspection industry, Testtex is accredited with ISO/IEC 17025:2005 quality standards and is certified by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL). It is also amongst testing laboratories approved by the Bureau of India Standards (BIS) and United States Consumer Products Safety Commissions (CPSC) identification no:1437. Along with the above, Testtex India Laboratories is also rec-ognized by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

"The current food and beverage testing market has undergone a Sea Change. With WHO promoting the slogan `From farm to plate, make food safe', the food needs globally have gone beyond merely supplying food which is safe to eat. Consumers expect that food and beverages consumed by them meet the basic quality parameters, safety standards and nutritional information. This has given rise to requirements related to hygiene, nutrition labeling, certification, additives, pesticide residues, antibiotics and more. To meet these, attention is necessary during harvesting, transport, processing, storage and guidelines to the consumer for preparation and subsequent storage. Testtex team and product development team of industry work in tandem and fully cooperate to mitigate these challenges," speaks Meeta Shingala, Managing Director, Testtex India Laboratories Pvt. Ltd.

Equipped To Deliver The Best
With today's consumers expecting their consumed food and beverages to meet the basic quality parameters, safety standards and nutritional information, this has led to requirements related to hygiene, nutrition

labeling, certification, additives, pesticide residues, antibiotics and more. To meet these, attention is necessary during harvesting, transport, processing, storage and guidelines to the consumers for preparation and subsequent storage. Equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, Testtex India caters to the needs of various industries like textile, leather, water, food, packaging, construction, household products, protective wear and more.

Keeping up with their inception objective, Testtex offers services related to testing, inspection and consultancy with their cutting edge testing facility for chemical and bio-logical parameters, utilizing team efforts of trained personnel to maintain good professional practices and provide quality services. "At Testtex, we continually improve the effectiveness of our services in a confidential, complete, competitive, impartial and reliable manner so as to ensure maximum customer satisfaction. We believe in expanding our scope of activity depending upon industry needs, such as evaluating biodegradability of pack-aging material, detection of harmful synthetic dyes & testing of allergens and vitamins in food products," shares Meeta Shingala, Managing Di-rector, Testtex India Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. Testtex constantly strives for the development of new methods with its specialized facility of Testing overall and specific migration for packaging material extend helping hand in selection and designing of packaging. The firm takes full responsibility to assure quality to all the customers and reduce the risk.



With the entry of international players into the India market, Testtex India has grown in stature. Rising to the challenges posed by new international standards demanded by international clients, Testtex India has delivered way beyond expectations. Today, the firm is equipped to conduct tests as per standards prescribed in Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), American Association of Textile Chemists & Colorists (AATCC), Deutsche Institut fur Nor-mung (DIN), International Organization for Standardization (ISO),British Standards (BS), Saudi Arabia Standard Organization(SASO), Gulf Standard Organization(GSO), Egyptian Standards( ES), Iraq Quality standards(IQS), Institute of Standards & Industrial Research of Iran (ISIRI), Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC), American Public Health Association (APHA), Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), United States Pharmacopeia(USP), British Pharmacopoeia (BP), Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP), European Pharmacopoeia(EUP) and more. The firm employs the latest methods and participates in its development through membership.

Equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, testtex India caters to the needs of various industries like textile, leather, water, food, packaging, construction, household products, protective wear and more

Ahead Of The Ordinary
Today, Testtex is present at ten global locations, with laboratories at Mumbai, Tirupur, Noida and Rajkot along with collection center's at Ahmadabad, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Hong-kong, Dubai and KSA. The firm believes that its employees are its main resource. In order to uplift and motivate the team, Testtex India offers need-based training through In-house and onsite training programs, while the staff members are also encouraged and deputed to attend seminars/ conferences to stay up to date with the industry trends.

”Testtex India family has increased the number of members, and with the expansion of the family, the firm ensures that everyone understands the core value of testtex India laboratories”

Testtex India family has increased the number of members, and with the expansion of the family, the firm ensures that everyone understands the core value of Testtex India Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. Meeta Shingala elaborates, "Our mission to assure the quality is incorporated into the atmosphere so that not only it becomes the duty of the employees professionally but also counts in their personal interest to work hand-in-hand towards the sole aim. At Testtex, we wish to maintain and improve the goodwill earned in addition to the expansion of activities by having increased number of branches and going global. We march towards venturing into different fields and aspire to derive strength from our satisfied patron's support to expand. We believe in maintaining a long term relationship with our customers and to assure them of the best quality is our main aim."

”Testtex constantly strives for the development of new methods with its specialized facility of testing overall and specific migration for packaging material extend helping hand in selection and designing of packaging.”

Coinciding with growing success, today, Testtex owns analytical laboratories that provide quality testing and inspection services in different parts of India and overseas. Testtex has come a long way with its sincerity and hardwork compelled with the desire to stay ahead through exchange of ideas and views along with minimum turnaround times. Today, the firm is undertaking expansion in the field of GMO testing and certification. In addition to Food and Beverages testing, Testtex undertakes, testing of numerous other industries. The future of Testing shows a growing indication on the graph and Testtex looks forward to contributing its maximum to the industry covering all grounds available.