Food Testing

Hill Labs provides the food and drink industries with a complete range of laboratory testing and analysis to ensure safety, quality and compliance for manufacturers and consumers. Our dedicated teams can offer microbiological, chemical and nutritional testing solutions and our scientists have many years of experience developing and validating methods specific to food samples. Our Client Service Managers work closely with our clients to understand their specific requirements and ensure that our tests, meet their needs.

Aquaculture and Fish

Hill Labs is a RLP accredited laboratory with a wide range of tests to support the fishing and aquaculture industries.

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Cereal and Grain

Hill Labs provides an extensive array of testing services for the analysis of grains and cereals.

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Fruit and Vegetable

Fast and accurate analytical chemistry, nutritional chemistry and microbiological testing.

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Meat

Hill Labs provides a diverse range of meat tests. Our methods are accredited for use in testing raw material and finished products and we use the latest technologies.

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Food Pesticide Residues

We have a dedicated food testing division who can test for over 600 different pesticide residues in a wide food products.

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Processed Food

Hill Labs provides accredited methods for pesticides, heavy metals, nutritional information, allergen and microbiological testing in processed foods

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Also needing inspection & certification?

We offer customers greater choice and improved efficiency by integrating specialist auditing services with industry‑leading laboratory testing. This enables us to provide New Zealand businesses with a seamless, end‑to‑end partner for testing, inspection and certification.

Whether you're meeting regulatory obligations, maintaining compliance, or demonstrating quality to your customers, our team is here to support you.

Learn about our food manufacturing services

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Staff Profile: Paul Sweetman - Supporting Safer Food Systems

Senior Verifier, Paul Sweetman, comes with extensive experience in risk management programme (RMP) auditing and food safety compliance across the dairy and honey sectors. He specialises in conducting independent audits, supporting regulatory compliance, and providing practical guidance to help businesses strengthen their systems and ensure product safety and integrity.

09 Jun 2026

Connecting with Farmers and Growers at Fieldays

Fieldays is now upon us and it's great to be connecting with farmers, growers and industry professionals from across New Zealand. Events like Fieldays are a great opportunity for our team to get out from behind the desk, hear directly from the sector, and continue building strong relationships within the agricultural community.

21 May 2026

A Record-breaking Day for Kiwifruit Samples

Hill Labs is a key service provider to Zespri and the kiwifruit industry, providing time-critical sampling and maturity testing services seven days a week. Zespri has strict maturity criteria that all orchards must pass before harvest to ensure consumers receive the best quality kiwifruit expected from the Zespri brand.

21 May 2026

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What our customers have to say

"We've always found them to be responsive in getting results back and giving advice on problems we might be facing."

Andrew Hutchinson, Technical Manager, Turners & Growers

"We strongly recommend Hill Labs as a sound testing service provider to the honey industry."

Nick Walker, Technical Manager, Egmont Honey

"Their sample registration system has made things simple and seamless - collect, scan and send!"