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Posted 11 May 2016 - 03:28 PM

Hi All -

We manufacture several processed fruit products marketed with sugar-free claims - they have been specially formulated to meet FDA's sugar-free claim (<0.5g sugar/serving).  We are looking for an easy test method for total sugar that we can perform in-house.  We do not have the capability to run an HPLC instrument nor do we want to expense of using an outside lab for every production run.  

 

Any recommendations for a method that would provide a quantitative result for sugar?

 

Thanks!

 

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Posted 11 May 2016 - 10:23 PM

Hi Jennifer

 

To get the result quickly you need to buy a test kit which can measure total sugar and give you a results to validate your comment that is total sugar is less than 0.5 g/service. 

 

Following link will be one of the many available kits for the required test. 

 

http://www.emdmillip...HEM-116136?bd=1

 

Please review the info prodived on this link and assess that it meet your requirements or not?

 

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Posted 12 May 2016 - 03:09 AM

Hi Jennifer

 

To get the result quickly you need to buy a test kit which can measure total sugar and give you a results to validate your comment that is total sugar is less than 0.5 g/service. 

 

Following link will be one of the many available kits for the required test. 

 

http://www.emdmillip...HEM-116136?bd=1

 

Please review the info prodived on this link and assess that it meet your requirements or not?

 

Kind regards

Humaid Khan

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Sydney Australia

We Work Globally

 

Hi Humaid Khan,

 

Thks for the link.

 

Unfortunately when i view it in FFox 42  an unremovable pop-up appears completely blocking the text. i daresay it may work in other browsers.

 

Good way to lose business.


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Posted 13 May 2016 - 01:01 PM

Thanks for the test kit recommendation.  Unfortunately, this method only tests for glucose and fructose, and I need to measure maltose and sucrose as well.  



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Posted 26 May 2016 - 05:26 AM

Dear Jennifer,

 

If your product does not contain any reducing agent then you can try chemical methods like Lane-Eynon or phenol-sulphuric acid ones (pls google for reference). However, pls do check the detection limit of these methods before trying.

 

If your lab has a spectrophotometer, then your can try colorimetric methods which are reliable at trace levels of analytes.

 

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