c3 sugars - News - FoodAuthenticity2024-03-29T01:23:15Zhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/feed/tag/c3+sugarsPeer reviewed paper of an interlaboratory comparison of LC-IRMS method for the determination of carbon isotope ratios of sugars in honey has been publishedhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/peer-reviewed-paper-of-an-interlaboratory-comparison-of-lc-irms-m2022-05-12T15:49:51.000Z2022-05-12T15:49:51.000ZSelvarani Elahihttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/SelvaraniElahi869<div><p><img class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10482284266,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="365" alt="10482284266?profile=RESIZE_400x" />A Peer reviewed papaer of an interlaboratory comparison of a Liquid Chromatography-Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (LC-IRMS) method for the determination of <span style="font-size:10pt;"><sup>13</sup>C/<sup>12</sup>C </span>ratios of saccharides in honey has been published.</p>
<p>This paper is based on a European Comission Joint Research Centre report, which was previosly reported on the Food Authenticity Network: <a href="https://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/ec-publishes-report-on-the-interlaboratory-comparison-of-lc-irms-">EC Publishes report on the Interlaboratory Comparison of LC-IRMS applied on honey - News - FoodAuthenticity</a></p>
<p>Stable carbon isotope analysis of sugars in honey by LC–IRMS is a useful tool for detecting adulteration of honey with extraneous sugar.</p>
<p>Syrups that mimic the composition of honey that are produced by chemical and/or enzymatic modification of starch or sucrose are difficult to detect (<a class="bibr popnode" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8665751/#qsab091-B10">10</a>). If the starting product is obtained from a C4 plant, such as maize or sugar cane, stable carbon isotope ratio analysis (SCIRA) using a combination of an elemental analyzer (EA) and an isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS) offers a possibility to detect additions down to a level of 7% (<a class="bibr popnode" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8665751/#qsab091-B11">11</a>).</p>
<p>Sugars originating from C3 plants such as beet root or generated from rice or wheat starch escape detection by SCIRA. Combining LC with IRMS (LC–IRMS) offers new possibilities for detecting honey adulteration with sugars derived from C3 plants and increases the sensitivity for detecting C4 sugars (<a class="bibr popnode tag_hotlink tag_tooltip" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8665751/#qsab091-B12">12</a>, <a class="bibr popnode" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8665751/#qsab091-B13">13</a>).</p>
<p>Addition of 1% C4 sugars and 10% C3 sugars can be reliably detected using the LC–IRMS approach. Another benefit is that, as the method determines the <span style="font-size:10pt;"><sup>13</sup>C/<sup>12</sup>C </span>ratios of saccharides in honey, it moves away from reliance on external databases.</p>
<p>The method has gained popularity (<a class="bibr popnode tag_hotlink tag_tooltip" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8665751/#qsab091-B14">14–20</a>) but has never been subjected to multilaboratory validation, until now, which is a prerequisite for further developing it into a standard by a standards-developing organization. This peer reviewed publication reports on an interlaboratory comparison of this method. Read <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8665751/" target="_blank">open access paper</a>.</p>
<p>This method has now been accepted as a work item for standardisation by Working Group 6 (Stable Isotope Analysis) of <a href="https://standards.iteh.ai/catalog/tc/cen/bd6c7777-da0c-48ce-aa53-aea4560fc4dc/cen-tc-460" target="_blank">CEN Technical Committee 460</a> (Food Authenticity).</p>
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