Accelerate the time to market for your novel food ingredients and products with trusted human safety testing.

Consumers worldwide are seeking healthier and more sustainable food options in response to rising health concerns like obesity, diabetes and chronic disease. With this shift comes a greater demand for sugar reduction, clean-label ingredients and functional foods that support long-term wellness. To meet these growing expectations, food and ingredient manufacturers are embracing innovation, while upholding the highest standards of safety, quality and regulatory compliance.

Finding the right lab, with a strong reputation to support and meet the regulatory requirements to get to market efficiently, has never been more critical. These challenges require an experienced scientific and regulatory partner.

Labcorp partners with global developers and manufacturers to help bring novel food products to market by offering quality and comprehensive human safety testing of all tiers within physical chemistry, metabolism and toxicology. With deep scientific know-how and a global regulatory perspective, we support food innovation that’s grounded in safety, efficiency and consumer trust. 

Science that powers smarter, safer ingredients 

At Labcorp, our mission is to improve health and improve lives. In the novel food space, that means helping you turn new ingredients or methods and technologies into safe, science-backed products that promote better nutrition and public health.

Whether you're developing a new novel sweetener, flavour enhancer, plant-based protein, enzyme or fermented compound, Labcorp provides the scientific and regulatory support to guide your product from it’s earliest stages of development through regulatory submissions.

Comprehensive support for novel food development 

Labcorp offers testing solutions tailored to the unique challenges of novel food innovation, from early-stage ingredient characterisation to global regulatory strategy optimization. Our full suite of services includes: 

• Toxicology testing

  Evaluate safety and tolerability with in vitro and in vivo studies, including genotoxicity, subchronic toxicity, and reproductive/developmental toxicity.

• Metabolism testing 

  Analyse the safety of your ingredient and product with in vitro and in vivo ADME studies like digestibility and toxicokinetics. 

• Analytical chemistry and bioanalysis 

  Characterise ingredients, assess stability and quantify bioavailability with advanced analytical methods. 

• Regulatory required in vivo and in vitro models and New Approach Methods (NAMs) options

  Leverage models that simulate human digestion, absorption and metabolism to support claims of safety and utilise in vitro alternatives where possible to gain strong data and insights. 

• Tailored study design 

  Optimise studies that align with your product’s intended use, target population and regulatory requirements. 

• End-to-end programme management 

  From early development through regulatory submission, our integrated teams help streamline timelines and reduce risk.

  
  

• Regulatory consulting support services

  Leverage our regulatory support services for FDA GRAS-mandated scientific work, including peer-reviewed journal or publication preparation, privacy compliance with redactions, manuscript support and more.

Find out more about human safety testing requirements to gain regulatory approvals for your novel food, food additive or food improvement agent by visiting us here.