Proximate analysis

Proximate analysis is like taking a closer look at a piece of cake to see what ingredients are in it. Just like how you might look at the cake and see that it has flour, sugar, eggs, and butter, proximate analysis looks at a substance to see how much moisture, ash, fat, protein, and carbohydrates are in it. For example, let’s say you have a chocolate chip cookie. Proximate analysis could tell you that the cookie is made up of 10% water (moisture), 2% ash, 15% fat, 5% protein, and 68% carbohydrates. A verifiable fact about proximate analysis is that it is commonly used in the food industry to determine the nutritional content of food products. So, in simple terms, proximate analysis is like breaking down a substance to see what it’s made of and how much of each component is in it.