The VLB Research Institute for Raw Materials offers research, analysis and consulting in the field of cereal-based brewery raw materials.

The range of services includes:

• Physical, chemical-technical and instrumental analysis of brewing cereals, malt, spent grain and adjuncts
• Assessment of the technological quality of cereal-based raw materials
• Micro malting of brewing cereals for evaluation of processing properties and selection of genotypes in plant breeding
• Advice on malting technology, quality-relevant and analytical questions
• Service research for plant breeders, agriculture, grain trade, malting and brewing industries

The VLB Research Institute for Raw Materials is a reference laboratory and a board of arbitration for the cereal trade in Germany.

All analyses are performed in laboratories which meet the demands of the international standard DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025.