Determination of Fructooligosaccharide in Infant Formula Milk Powder by Ion Chromatography
A method for the determination of fructooligosaccharide content in infant formula milk powder was established using ion chromatography-pulsed amperometric detector.The sample was extracted with hot water at 80 ℃ for 15 min.The sample solution was directly digested by fructanase(enzymatic hydrolysis temperature 40 ℃,enzymatic hydrolysis time 45 min,boiling water bath 5 min),separated by CarboPac PA10 column,using a mobile phasecomposed of a mixture of sodium hydroxide and water by gradient elution,detected by pulsed amperometric.Fructose calibration curves were linear in the concentration range of 0.200 0-10.00 mg/L,R=0.999 9.The quality control sample of QC-IP-715 results was accurate and relative standard deviation of 0.37%(n=6).The relative standard deviation between the measured value of fructooligosaccharides and the labeled value of 30 batches of infant formula milk powder on the market was between 0.4%and 8.4%.The method was efficient,accurate,reliable,and thus suitable for the determination of fructooligosaccharide content in infant formula milk powder.