ORAC ANALYSE

ORAC value laboratory

Antioxidants have been used in food and cosmetics for a long time and in large quantities to preserve them, to maintain color, taste, etc...

Substances that are supposed to exert antioxidant effects on cells in the human body must be seen separately from this.



On the one hand, Red Ox processes are part of the basic processes that make life possible. For example, muscle performance is associated with oxidative processes. On the other hand, oxidative stress for human tissues is considered to be a (co-)cause of various ageing effects and diseases (including cancers).

With the statements "contains antioxidant substances", "has an antioxidant effect" or with the indication of the antioxidant potential = the antioxidant capacity expressed as "ORAC value", therefore, food and cosmetics are advertised in Japan, USA and Europe.

There are many different tests for the antioxidant capacity of foods or cosmetics. The most commonly used test is the ORAC test. (ORAC = Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity).

Institut Kurz offers the analysis of the ORAC value (but also TEAC and other measuraments) for fruit juices, food supplements, food in general and cosmetics.