| Literature DB >> 32180618 |
JinZhong Xu1, Xiuhong Liu2, Bin Wu3, YanZhong Cao4.
Abstract
In the current study, we have comprehensively analyzed different kinds of pure honey which was produced in various areas in China according to δ13C-EA -IRMS (AOAC method 998.12) and δ13C-LC-IRMS (proposed by the Intertek laboratory in Europe) methods. As for the δ13C-EA -IRMS method, the study was confirmed that the C4 sugar of all authentic honey samples was qualified. Further inter-laboratory comparison experiments using the δ13C-LC-IRMS method found that all authentic honey samples had Δδ13C (‰) values within the naturally occurring range of ± 1‰ for Δδ13C (‰) fru-glu. However, about 70% samples had Δδ13C (‰) values outside the range of ± 2.1‰ for Δδ13C (‰) max., indicating that a large proportion of pure honey in China can't pass the δ13C-LC-IRMS test, although these honeys were extracted from unadulterated sources. Based on the present findings, we consider that the δ13C-LC-IRMS method is not appropriate to reliably detect adulterated honeys with C3 sugars in China. © Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India) 2019.Entities:
Keywords: Adulterated honey; C3 sugar; C4 sugar; Elemental analyzer-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (EA-IRMS); Liquid chromatography-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (LC-IRMS); Pure honey
Year: 2019 PMID： 32180618 PMCID： PMC7054487 DOI： 10.1007/s13197-019-04153-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Food Sci Technol ISSN： 0022-1155 Impact factor: 2.701