Stable carbon isotope ratio analysis of Australian orange juices

2000 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Simpkins
1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 897-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichi KANNO ◽  
Naoki OYAMA ◽  
Masahiro FUJIMORI ◽  
Yoshiya KAWAMURA ◽  
Kikuo KATO

1982 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 846-849
Author(s):  
Allan R Brause ◽  
Joseph M Raterman

Abstract A series of instrumental analyses is described for verification of apple juice authenticity. Liquid chromatography is used to determine sugars and individual phenolics, atomic absorption spectroscopy is used to determine potassium, standard AOAC methods are used to test for polyphenolics arid formol indexes, and stable carbon isotope ratio analysis (SCIRA) is used to detect high fructose corn syrup. These tests will identify fraudulent but not poorly processed apple juice.


2000 ◽  
Vol 83 (6) ◽  
pp. 1401-1409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvie Giraudon ◽  
Marc Danzart ◽  
Marc H Merle

Abstract Quantitative deuterium nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) has been used in conjunction with stable carbon isotope ratio analysis/mass spectrometry to refine the detection of sugars that have been added to monofloral honeys. The 13C content of sugars indicates the type of photosynthetic metabolism of the plant that synthesized them; the deuterium content is more characteristic of secondary metabolism and of environmental factors. Consequently, determination of the 13C content of honeys and of proteins extracted from the honeys can be used to detect the addition of C4 plant sugars (cane or corn), but it does not reveal the addition of C3 plant sugars such as beet sugar. Deuterium NMR gives useful information for some monofloral honeys. NMR measurement is performed on ethanol obtained from fermentation of the honey and extracted by distillation. The isotopic composition of the ethanol indicates the nature of the sugars from which it was derived. Various types of monofloral honeys were studied, and the results obtained with commercially available honeys demonstrate the usefulness of isotopic analysis and the need to compile a database of authentic honeys to validate or affirm certain results.


1979 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 928-930
Author(s):  
Landis W Doner ◽  
David Chia ◽  
Jonathan W White

Abstract Stable carbon isotope ratio analysis was applied to concentrated extracts of authentic honey-processed pineapple and papaya samples and imported candied samples alleged to have been processed with honey. The 9 imported samples had δ13C values ranging from –11.1 to –15.0%0, while pineapple and papaya samples known to be processed with honey had values of –25.0 and –25.2%0, respectively. The results show that the imported samples were processed with sugar sirups derived from plants using the Hatch-Slack (C4) photosynthetic cycle, such as sugar cane and corn, rather than with honey which is derived from Calvin (C3) floral sources.


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