Tentamus Group Ltd is an international group of laboratories headquartered in Berlin and Munich. The focus of the laboratories lies in the TIC industry, where tests, consultations, and help in labelling is offered to the food & feed, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, nutraceutical & supplement, agriculture & environmental, and medical device industries.
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About the Group
As of 2023, there are over 90 laboratories and companies in the Tentamus Group providing analytical and consulting services. Tests that are performed on samples include:
Instrumental Analytics Physical Chemistry Mechanical and simulation Microbiology Molecular biology Sensory testing
The above mentioned analysis methods makes the Tentamus Group a part of the food supply chain, providing services ranging from testing a product’s makeup and contents, as well as identifying potential safety hazards such as allergens or pathogens.
History
The Tentamus Group started when bilacon GmbH became the first member in 2011. The first international expansions occurred in Spain and the USA in 2014. In 2015, Tentamus Shanghai was founded, thus marking the first steps in the Asian market. As of June 2023, there are over 90 locations within the Tentamus Group. These are as follows:
Laboratory Joined in Location Sector bilacon 2011 Berlin, Germany Food & Feed Quality Services International 2012 Bremen, Germany Food & Feed Lifeprint 2013 Illertissen, Germany Food & Feed Laboratorio Analítico Bioclínico (LAB) 2014 Spain Food & Feed Columbia Food Laboratories 2014 Portland, Oregon, United States Food & Feed BAV Institut für Hygiene und Qualitätssicherung 2014 Offenburg, Germany Food & Feed, Cosmetics Analytical Resource Laboratory (prev. ICL) 2015 United States Nutraceuticals & Supplements Quality Turnaround Service 2015 Sittingbourne, United Kingdom Food & Feed Tentamus Shanghai 2015 Shanghai, China Food & Feed, Pharmaceuticals Agriparadigma Società competitive dall’elevata specializzazione. (2019, March 26). Retrieved from: https://www.agriparadigma.it/wp-content/uploads/sites/71/2019/03/Sole24Ore-Tentamus-Italia.pdf 2015 Italy Food & Feed Control Microbiologico S.L. 2015 Spain Food & Feed Analyst Research Laboratories 2015 Ness Ziona, Israel Pharmaceuticals Food and Drug Analytical Services 2016 United Kingdom Pharmaceuticals Helvic 2016 Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom Pharmaceuticals Tentamus North America 2016 Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States Food & Feed BLS-Analytik 2016 Bad Kissingen, Germany Pharmaceuticals Vela Labs 2016 Wien, Austria Pharmaceuticals aromaLAB 2016 Planegg, Germany Food & Feed Kudam 2016 Alicante, Spain Food & Feed Biomedical Device Consultants and Laboratories 2016 Germany Medical Devices Symbiotic Research 2017 Mount Olive, New Jersey, United States Agrosciences Minerva Scientific 2017 Spondon, United Kingdom Food & Feed, Pharmaceuticals bilacon Rotterdam 2017 Rotterdam, Netherlands Food & Feed Tello 2017 Spain Food & Feed TÜV Rheinland Food China 2017 China Food & Feed TÜV Rheinland Food Taiwan 2017 Taiwan Food & Feed Tentacontrol (prev. Luxcontrol) 2017 Hamburg, Germany Inspection & Certification Eurocontrol 2017 Germany Inspection & Certification Quant QS 2017 Martinsried, Germany Consulting Adamson Analytical Laboratories 2018 Corona, California, United States Food & Feed almolab 2018 Italy Food & Feed Tentamedix (prev. Micromol) 2018 Karlsruhe, Germany Pharma & Medical Devices EPL Bio Analytical Services 2018 Niantic, Illinois, United States Agroscience Analytical Food Laboratories 2018 Grand Prairie, Texas, United States Food, Feed, Nutraceutical, and Cosmetics RenoLab 2018 San Giorgio di Piano, Italy Agroscience Laemme 2018 Moncalieri, Italy Food & Feed Tentamus Helvetia 2018 Hochdorf, Switzerland Food & Feed Southern Microbiological Services 2019 Wellington, United Kingdom Food & Feed Tentamus Japan 2019 Yokohama, Japan Food & Feed Isotope 2019 Yokohama, Japan Food & Feed One Scientific 2019 Bristol, United Kingdom Food & Feed American Testing Lab 2019 San Diego, California, United States Nutraceuticals & Supplements Labofine 2019 Pointe-Claire, Canada Nutraceuticals & Supplements Nova Biologicals 2019 Conroe, Texas, United States Food & Feed Creamedix 2019 Germany Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices DSI-Pharm (prev. Diapharm Analytics) 2019 Germany Pharmaceuticals Laboratorium für Betriebshygiene GmbH 2019 Austria Pharmaceuticals Megsan Labs Dlapiper. (2019, July 2). DLA Piper advises Tentamus Group on acquisition of Megsan Labs. Retrieved from: https://www.dlapiper.com/en/germany/news/2019/07/dla-piper-advises-tentamus-group-on-acquisition-of-megsan-labs/ 2019 India Pharmaceuticals bilacon Rheda-Wiedenbrück 2019 Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany Food & Feed Agrolab RDS Voria. (n.d.). The Greek Tentamus-Acquisition of 70% of Agrolab is invested in Greece. Retrieved from: https://www.voria.gr/article/stin-ellada-ependii-i-germaniki-tentamus-exagora-tou-70-tis-agrolab 2019 Greece Food & Feed, Agroscience Envirolab 2019 Volos, Greece Food & Feed, Agroscience Agrolab Cyprus 2019 Nicosia, Cyprus Food & Feed, Agroscience Agrolab Bulgaria 2019 Sofia, Bulgaria Food & Feed, Agroscience Agrolab Turkey 2019 Antalya, Turkey Food & Feed, Agroscience TentaConsult Pharma & Med 2020 Muenster, Germany Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices (Consulting) Precision Analysis 2021 Liverpool, United Kingdom Food, Feed, and Agriculture Techni'Sens 2021 La Rochelle, France Food, Feed, and Cosmetics BluTest Laboratories 2021 Glasgow, United Kingdom Pharmaceutical MicroBios 2021 Barcelona, Spain Cosmetics, Pharmaceutical EuTech Scientific Services, Inc 2021 Highland Park, New Jersey, United States Food, Feed, Agriculture, and Pharmaceutical Chelab 2021 Hannover, Germany Food and Feed Conycal2021Oviedo, SpainFood, AgroscienceBAV Institut (prev. ifm Ulm)2021Ulm, GermanyFood, PharmaceuticalsKML Laboratories2021Bonners Ferry, ID, USADietary Supplement, Pharmaceutical, CosmeticsSTA Kalite2021Mersin, TurkeyFood and FeedLambda Cientifica2021Mexico City, MexicoPharmaC.A.I.M.2021Follonica, ItalyFood, AgricultureGlobalab2021Marinha Grande, PortugalFood, EnvironmentalMK Analysis Laboratory2021Citta di Castello, ItalyFood, Agriculture, EnvironmentAxens & Consoreal2022Lille, Douai, Cergy and Valenciennes, FranceFood, Feed, CosmeticsMegsan Labs2022Hyderabad, IndiaFoodISEMED2022Imola, ItalyMedical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, CosmeticsConidia Coniphy2022Quincieux, FranceAgrosciencesMicrolab2022Rehovot, IsraelFood, Cosmetics, AgricultureBe Safer2022Heraklion, CreteTourism, FoodPegaso Management2023Ancona, ItalyFood (Consulting)
Recent operations
The acting CEOs of the Tentamus Group were Dr. Jochen Zoller and Abgar Barseyten until 2024. In 2017, Forbes mentioned Abgar Barseyten as an innovative founder to watch and learn from.
As of 2025, Tentamus has about 5,000 full-time employees globally, who test more than 2,000,000 samples per year in 96 labs worldwide. 15,000 on-site inspections are also performed each year.
Since April 2024 Dr. Christian Rebhan has been appointed acting CEO while founders Jochen Zoller and Abgar Barseyten took the roles of Chairman and M&A Specialist respectively.
Tentamus laboratory QSI Bremen appeared in Netflix series Rotten, season 1 episode 1: Lawyers, Weapons, and Honey. The theme of this episode was the dilution of honey using cheap syrups. The documentary stated that QSI Bremen had been combating food fraud in honey since the 1950s. In the documentary, Gudrun Beckh stated “as long as there are profits to be made, the fraud shall continue”.Nasser, L; Mussman, J. (January 5, 2018). "Lawyers, Guns, and Honey". Rotten. Netflix.
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