Journal
TALANTA
Volume 81, Issue 1-2, Pages 202-207Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2009.11.058
Keywords
Food color; Brilliant Blue; Sunset Yellow; Tartrazine; Photoacoustic spectroscopy; Acceptable daily intake
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- CNPq
- CAPES
- Fundacao Araucaria, Parana
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Photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) was applied as a method to quantify dyed food samples, and was compared with First Derivative Spectrophotometry (FDS). The dyes Brilliant Blue (B), Sunset Yellow (S) and Tartrazine (T), which are common food additives, were employed for the comparisons. Polyester-type Polyurethane (PU) foam was used for extraction of the dyes from a solution containing the food matrix. For the spectrophotometric determinations, the adsorbed dyes were recovered by using dimethylformamide. The PAS measurements were carried out directly on the PU foam. The PAS method showed greater sensitivity, with detection limits of 0.028 mg L-1 and 0.086 mg L-1 for S and T, respectively, in the S+T mixture, and of 0.012 mg L-1 and 0.068 mg L-1 for B and T, respectively, in the B+T mixture. The values of relative error obtained for all the dyes were small: similar to 0.3-3.6% for the spectrophotometer, and similar to 0.1-2.9% for the PAS method. The PAS technique can be applied to the determination of the selected dyes in commercial food products, with some advantages: it reduces the number of analysis steps, it is a green method with less chemical waste, a minimal sample amount is needed, and it is non-destructive. (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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