Measuring, guaranteeing, researching, ensuring safety, innovating and developing... it's also thanks to the role played by its Research & Development division that Triskalia is recognised as a high-performance food-processing company and is renowned for the quality of its products.
The laboratories and the quality department also turn their skills into profit by making their services available to outside clients.






Our analysis laboratories are:

recognised by the BPL (Laboratory Best Practices) (3 recognitions),

approved by the French Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing, the French Ministry of the Environment and the Office for Consumption, Trading and Fraud.

The fields of analysis are multi-disciplinary (all plant and animal production) and are tailored to all production systems (analysis of soils, water and food for both animals and people).

More than 5,000 catalogued analyses based on:

agronomic and nutritional (vitamins, micro-elements) criteria, pollutants, contaminating agents, microbiological criteria and sensorial evaluation...,

processing of data, cartography, statistical analyses,

agronomic systems: PlaniTERRE & AnaTERRE

Skilled capabilities in three activity sectors.

The term "Research and Development" at Triskalia covers...
The central laboratory (chemical, physical and biological analyses of all plant and animal products): 35 people.
The quality department (audits, advice and training): 5 people.
The research activities (food safety, environment and new products): 10 people.
 
 

A surface area of 2,500 m2
Annual turnover of € 3 million
More than one million analyses per year
COFRAC Accreditation (French Accreditation Committee) and recognition by the BPL decree (Laboratory Best Practices). Leading French food-processing laboratory in terms of accreditations (9 accreditations and 3 BPL recognitions).
ISO 9001 (2000 version) certification for all its activities.
A liquid / mass spectrometer (detection capacity of 600 molecules) for the analyses of mycotoxins and pest control treatment residues.




Our quality department operates in diverse sectors such as:

diagnostics audits (all activities including services),
quality assurance audits (I.S.O. 9000, Agriconfiance, E.N. 45001, E.N. 45011),
environmental audits (I.S.O. 14001, Eco audits),
process audits (all activities),

food safety audits, H.A.C.C.P. audits (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point),

drawing up of specifications (products and services), quality plans,

quality assurance advice (monitoring of certification projects),
H.A.C.C.P. studies,
project management,
quality assurance training, H.A.C.C.P.




A multi-disciplinary and complementary team of staff carries out research work in diverse fields (agronomics, biotechnology, environment, analytical development and sensorial evaluation). It has experience in both French and international research programme management.

Triskalia's Research and Development department is ISO 9001 (2000 version) certified for all its activities such as the central laboratory, the PlaniTERRE service, quality advice and technological and environmental monitoring. It is the first French research and development body covering so many fields to receive this certification.