Multi-class food additives determination in food and beverages from the Czech market by UPLC-MS/MS
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Validation Study
- Keywords
- Food colourants, Sudan dyes, UPLC-MS/MS, adulteration, multimethod,
- MeSH
- Food Analysis * methods MeSH
- Flavoring Agents analysis MeSH
- Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry MeSH
- Food Contamination * analysis MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Limit of Detection MeSH
- Beverages * analysis MeSH
- Food Additives * analysis MeSH
- Reproducibility of Results MeSH
- Tandem Mass Spectrometry methods MeSH
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Validation Study MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Flavoring Agents MeSH
- Food Additives * MeSH
While the use of food additives is common manufacturing practice, the levels used in food have to be compliant with the prescribed legislation. For fast control of present levels of food additives in products, ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry with a triple quadrupole linear ion trap (QTRAP) mass analyser was applied to develop a method for the simultaneous determination of 41 frequently added food additives and flavourings, including 16 water-soluble colourants, 14 illegal dyes, 7 sweeteners, 2 preservatives, and 2 purine alkaloids. The method was validated using energy drink, chilli powder, condiment, and jelly sweets as food sample matrices. The average recovery values were in the range of 70‒120%, and the relative standard deviations were less than 10% for the majority of the analytes. The validated method was applied for the analysis of 134 samples from the Czech market.
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