Simultaneous Spectrophotometric Determination of Food Additives (Benzoic Acid, Caffeine, Aspartame and Acesulfame-K) in Cola Drinks by PLS Multivariate Calibration Method

TURAK F., Oezguer M., Bozdogan A.

9th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences, Antalya, Turkey, 9 - 13 September 2006, pp.299-304 identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
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  • Doi Number: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6955-0_32
  • City: Antalya
  • Country: Turkey
  • Page Numbers: pp.299-304
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Aspartame (Apt), Acesulfame-K (Ace-K) low-calorie, high-potency artificial sweeteners are currently used in beverages and dietary food and drinks. Their increased application in food and drink products has given a new impetus to develop fast and accurate methods for their determination. Absorption spectra of Asp, Caf, Ace-K and BA strongly overlap. Therefore a direct determination of these analytes in quaternary mixture is impossible without a separation step. In order to overcome this difficulty partial least squares (PLS) method has been proposed.