Flow-through spectrophotometric sensor for the determination of saccharin in low-calorie products
Titel:
Flow-through spectrophotometric sensor for the determination of saccharin in low-calorie products
Auteur:
Capitan-Vallvey, L. F. Valencia, M. C. Nicolas, E. Arana
Verschenen in:
Food additives and contaminants. Pt. A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment
Paginering:
Jaargang 21 (2004) nr. 1 pagina's 32-41
Jaar:
2004-01
Inhoud:
A simple, rapid and inexpensive monoparameter flow-through sensor has been developed for the determination of saccharin in low calorie and dietary products. The method is based on the transient adsorption of the sweetener on Sephadex G-25 solid phase packed to a height of 20 mm in the flow cell. The optimal transient retention of the synthetic sweetener, in terms of sensitivity and sampling frequency, was obtained when pH 2.75 citric acid-sodium citrate buffer 5 × 10-3 M was used as a carrier at a flow-rate of 1.5 ml min-1. Saccharin was determined measuring its intrinsic absorbance at 217 nm at its residence time. Calibration graphs for peak height and peak area were linear over the range 5.0-200.0 μg ml-1, RSD 1.18%, and 1.0-200.0 μg ml-1, RSD 0.78%, respectively. Saccharin was determined in several food samples measuring height or area peak, obtaining recoveries ranging between 98-104 and 99-102% for height and area peak, respectively. The procedure was validated for use in the determination of saccharin in low calorie and dietary products giving reproducible and accurate results.