Occurrence of caffeine,saccharin, benzoic acid and sorbic acid in soft drinks and nectars in Portugal and subsequent exposure assessment

A reliable method for the determination of benzoic and sorbic acids, caffeine and saccharin in soft drink and nectars using high performance liquid chromatography and UV detection was validated. The chromatographic separation was achieved with a C18 column (250 × 4.6 mm) and one buffered mobile phase, KH₂PO₄ 0.02 M/ACN (90:10)/phosphoric acid at pH 4.2. The effluent was monitored at 220 nm.     

非营养型甜味剂安全性研究进展

甜味剂是能使食物具有甜味非糖类物质,目前世界上广泛使用甜味剂有20余种,我国已批准使用的约15种。非营养型甜味剂是指与蔗糖甜度相等时含量其热值低于蔗糖热值2%物质,该文介绍食品工业常用几种非营养型甜味剂:糖精钠、安赛蜜、阿斯巴甜、甜蜜素,对其安全性的研究进展进行论述,以便为选择合适甜味剂提供参考。     

Estimated intake of intense sweeteners from non-alcoholic beverages in Denmark

In 1999, 116 samples of non-alcoholic beverages were analysed for the intense sweeteners cyclamate, acesulfame-K, aspartame and saccharin. High contents of cyclamate close to the maximum permitted level in 1999 of 400 mg l^-1 were found in many soft drinks. The estimated intake of the sweeteners was calculated using the Danish Dietary Survey based on 3098 persons aged 1-80 years. The estimated intake with 90th percentiles of 0.7, 4.0 and 0.2 mg kg^-1 body weight (bw) day^-1 for acesulfame-K, aspartame and saccharin, respectively, was much lower than the acceptable daily intake (ADI) values of 15, 40 and 2.5 mg kg^-1 bw day^-1 for acesulfame-K, aspartame and saccharin, respectively. However, the 90th percentile of the estimated cyclamate intake in 1-3 year olds was close to the ADI value of 7 mg kg^-1 bw day^-1; and the 99th percentile in the 1-10 year olds far exceeded the ADI value. Boys aged 7-10 years had a significantly higher estimated intake of cyclamate than girls. The 90th percentile for the whole population was 1.8 mg kg^-1 bw day^-1. After the reduction in the maximum permitted level in the European Union in 2004 from 400 to 250 mg cyclamate l^-1, the exposure in Denmark can also be expected to be reduced. A new investigation in 2007 should demonstrate whether the problem with high cyclamate intake is now solved.     

Sensory Characteristics of Sucralose and other High Intensity Sweeteners

The sensory characteristics of the high potency sweetener sucralose were studied relative to sucrose, aspartame, saccharin, and acesulfame-K in a simple aqueous system. Trained panelists provided sweetness intensity estimates for each sweetener at six concentration steps using magnitude estimation. Taste profiles were obtained using category scaling procedures. Results indicated that (a) sucralose, aspartame, and sucrose had similar taste properties, (b) the psychophysical sweetness function of sucralose was similar to the other sweeteners studied, and (c) sweetness potencies of all sweeteners were concentration dependent with sucralose having the highest potency values ranging from 400–700 times the sweetness of sucrose on a weight basis.     

固相萃取-多波长超高效液相色谱法同时测定食品中的4种甜味剂

目的建立固相萃取富集净化,超高效液相色谱-二极管阵列检测器快速测定食品中安赛蜜、纽甜、阿斯巴甜、糖精钠4种甜味剂的方法。方法以ACQUITY UPLC~?BEH C_(18)(100 mm×2.1 mm,1.7μm)为色谱柱,对流动相的组成、洗脱方式、检测波长等进行优化,同时应用Box-Behnken中心组合法进行3因素3水平的实验设计,考察料液比、提取时间、溶液p H对提取得率的影响。结果最佳工艺条件为提取时间30 min、液固比5:1(V:m)、溶液pH 6。4种甜味剂在0.05~5.00 mg/kg线性范围内线性关系良好,线性相关系数(r~2)均大于0.9951;目标物的检出限(S/N≥3)为0.005~0.5 mg/L;3个加标水平下的回收率为73.6%~103.2%,相对标准偏差为1.8%~6.2%。结论此方法简单、快速、分离效果好、分析成本低,可用于食品中4种甜味剂的检测。     

The intake of intense sweeteners - an update review

Studies on the intakes of intense sweeteners in different countries published since the author's previous review in 1999 indicate that the average and 95th percentile intakes of acesulfame-K, aspartame, cyclamate and saccharin by adults are below the relevant acceptable daily intake (ADI) values. Fewer data are available for the newer sweeteners, sucralose and alitame, and because they are recent introductions to the market very low intakes were reported in those countries where they were available at the time of the intake study. Overall there has not been a significant change in the intakes of sweeteners in recent years. The only data indicating that the intake of an intense sweetener could exceed its ADI value were the 95th percentile intakes of cyclamate in children, particularly those with diabetes. This sub-group was identified as having high intakes of cyclamate in 1999, and recent studies have not generated reliable intake data to address this possibility.     

Corrosion of aluminium in soft drinks

The corrosion of aluminium (A1) in several brands of soft drinks (cola- and citrate-based drinks) has been studied, using an electrochemical method, namely potentiodynamic polarization. The results show that the corrosion of A1 in soft drinks is a very slow, time-dependent and complex process, strongly influenced by the passivation, complexation and adsorption processes. The corrosion of A1 in these drinks occurs principally due to the presence of acids: citric acid in citrate-based drinks and orthophosphoric acid in cola-based drinks. The corrosion rate of A1 rose with an increase in the acidity of soft drinks, i.e. with increase of the content of total acids. The corrosion rates are much higher in the cola-based drinks than those in citrate-based drinks, due to the facts that: (1) orthophosphoric acid is more corrosive to A1 than is citric acid, (2) a quite different passive oxide layer (with different properties) is formed on A1, depending on whether the drink is cola or citrate based. The method of potentiodynamic polarization was shown as being very suitable for the study of corrosion of A1 in soft drinks, especially if it is combined with some non-electrochemical method, e.g. graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS).     

高压液相色谱法快速测定饮料中的五种食品添加剂

目的 建立一种高压液相色谱方法同时检测饮料制品中3种甜味剂(安赛蜜、糖精钠、阿斯巴甜)和2种防腐剂(苯甲酸、山梨酸)。方法 样品采用起始流动相稀释后直接过膜分析, 色谱分离在极性修饰XAqua C18色谱柱上进行, 流动相采用50 mmol/L pH 4.5 KH2PO4和乙腈, 梯度模式洗脱, 流速2 mL/min, 柱温40 ℃, 6 min内即可完成一次分离分析, 加上4 min梯度平衡时间, 10 min内即可完成平衡及分离。结果 5种食品添加剂在0.5~50 mg/L内线性关系良好, 相关系数r2均大于0.9999。在两种饮料基质中添加50、100、150 mg/kg 3个浓度水平, 方法回收率为96.48%~105.64%, 相对标准偏差为0.21%~5.39%; 以信噪比S/N =3计算, 方法检测限为0.02~0.08 mg/L。结论 建立的分析方法快速、准确, 可满足饮料中甜味剂和防腐剂的同时检测。     

Daily intake assessment of saccharin, stevioside, D-sorbitol and aspartame from various processed foods in Korea

This study was carried out to estimate the daily intakes (EDIs) of artificial sweeteners such as saccharin, stevioside, D-sorbitol and aspartame in order to evaluate the safety of the artificial sweeteners in Korea. A total of 274 food samples were selected from the foods considered to be representative sources of artificial sweeteners in the Korean diet and analysed by using HPLC with evaporative light scattering and ultraviolet detectors. In case of aspartame, the reference values were used without instrumental analysis. The EDIs of saccharin, stevioside, D-sorbitol and aspartame for average consumers were 0.028, 0.008, 4.9 and 0.14 mg kg^-1 body weight day^-1, respectively, and as a proportion of the acceptable daily intake (ADI) were not higher than 1% of ADI of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). For 90th percentile consumers, the EDIs of saccharin, stevioside, D-sorbitol and aspartame were 2.0, 0.20, 141 and 4.6 mg kg^-1 body weight day^-1, respectively, and as a proportion of the ADI, the EDIs of saccharin and aspartame were 40.7% and 11.4% of the ADI set by the JECFA, respectively. Because JECFA did not assign ADIs for stevioside and D-sorbitol, the values for these sweeteners were not compared. According to these results, the EDIs of artificial sweeteners such as saccharin and aspartame in Korea are significantly lower than ADI set by the JECFA.     

Low-calorie sweeteners in food and food supplements on the Italian market

This study determines the occurrence and concentration levels of artificial low-calorie sweeteners (LCSs) in food and food supplements on the Italian market. The analysed sample set (290 samples) was representative of the Italian market and comprised of beverages, jams, ketchups, confectionery, dairy products, table-top sweeteners and food supplements. All samples were analysed via UPLC-MS/MS. The method was in-house validated for the analysis of seven LCSs (aspartame, acesulfame-K, saccharin, sucralose, cyclamate, neotame and neohesperidin dihydrochalcone) in food and for five LCSs (aspartame, acesulfame-K, saccharin, cyclamate and sucralose) in food supplements. Except for cyclamate in one beverage which exceeded the maximum level (ML) with 13%, all concentrations measured in food were around or below the ML. In food supplements, 40 of the 52 samples (77%) were found to be above the ML, with exceedances of up to 200% of the ML.