DEVELOPMENT OF A BIAMPEROMETRIC PROCEDURE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF SACCHARIN IN DIETARY PRODUCTS

In this work was developed a method for the determination of saccharin in dietary products by a biamperometric titration, using two silver electrodes as working electrodes and silver nitrate as titrant. It were used products as juices (light) and sweeteners with saccharin in concentrations ranged from 8.73 x 10(-5) mol L-1 to 1.0 x 10(-2) mol L-1, and the results were in close agreement with those data found using a HPLC method at a confidence level of 95%. The main advantages of the proposed method are its simplicity, rapid and low cost.