谷物中含有丰富的蛋白质、碳水化合物和维生素，可以为人类提供50%~80% 的 热能、40%~70% 的蛋白质、60% 以上的维生素B1。谷类作为中国人的传统饮食， 在我国的膳食中占有重要的地位，被当作传统的主食。饲料是动物的食物，若 饲料中存在有害物质则可能通过动物代谢转移至食品中，从而危害人体健康或 对人类的生存环境产生负面影响。因此，不论谷物安全，还是饲料安全都不容 小视。我公司可提供谷物饲料中兽药残留、农药残留、成分分析、掺假物质、 微生物及转基因等项目的检测产品。

Feed Analysis and Testing. Cereal grains and legume seeds are major components in the feed formulations for chickens and pigs. These materials contain a range of anti-nutritional factors such as non-digestible polysaccharides and oligosaccharides. Arabinoxylan in wheat and β-glucan in barley increase the viscosity of the gut content and reduce the rate of feed consumption and nutrient absorption.

These problems are alleviated by the addition of appropriate enzymes such as endo-xylanase and β-glucanase to the feed.

The major carbohydrate, anti-nutritional factors in legume seeds are the non-digestible raffinose-series-oligosaccharides. These can be converted to digestible sugars by α-galactosidase treatment. Megazyme has recognised the need for simple and specific assays for these anti-nutritional carbohydrates, and has developed the required test kits.