Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 346, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128871
Keywords
Glycols; Beverage; Food contaminants; Gas chromatography; Mass spectrometry
Funding
- Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply
- FAPEMIG
- CAPES
- CNPq
Ask authors/readers for more resources
An analytical method for the simultaneous determination of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in beer was developed and validated, meeting the requirements of current legislation with high precision and accuracy. The method was successfully applied to a large number of beer samples.
An analytical method for the simultaneous determination of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in beer was developed and validated according to current legislation. This method includes the application of sample dilution with ethanol followed by quantification using gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. All figures of merit were within the limits established by regulation. The recoveries of the analytes, expressed as mean recovery, were between 91.9% and 108.9%. Precision, in terms of repeatability and intermediate precision, was established (relative standard deviations were lower than or equal to 10%). The limits of detection (10.0 and 5.0 mg.L-1 for ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, respectively) and quantification (15.0 mg.L-1 for ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol) obtained were appropriate. Finally, the present method was applied for determination of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in 701 beer samples (from 67 different brands and 128 different labels), proving to be reliable.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available