Title
Determination of Sulfites in Foods by Simultaneous Nitrogen Purging and Differential Pulse Polarography
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1989
Journal / Book Title
Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists
Abstract
An improved technique has been developed for determination of sulfites in food by differential pulse polarography. A Teflon sleeve is fitted to the dropping mercury electrode capillary so that SO2 is purged from the sample and simultaneously detected at peak potential. Bound sulfite in the sample is released at room temperature by addition of base in the absence of oxygen. For some foods, the prepared sample was passed through a Sep-Pak C-18 cartridge to remove naturally occurring sulfur compounds so that only added sulfite is measured. The level of detection was approximately 1 microgram SO2/g. Results agreed with those obtained by the optimized Monier-Williams method for a variety of foods.
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Holak, Walter and Specchio, John, "Determination of Sulfites in Foods by Simultaneous Nitrogen Purging and Differential Pulse Polarography" (1989). Department of Nutrition and Food Studies Scholarship and Creative Works. 37.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/nutr-foodstudies-facpubs/37
Published Citation
Holak, W., & Specchio, J. (1989). Determination of sulfites in foods by simultaneous nitrogen purging and differential pulse polarography. Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 72(3), 476-480.