*Price of the test:
$335 per analysis
This test requires Sugar Profile by HPLC and Sugar Alcohol Screen (Gas Chromatography)
Acceptable Matrices:
Most raw and processed foods or ingredients.
Quantitation Limit:
The detection level is 0.1%.
Sample Size Requirements:
40 grams
Equipment:
Sugar Profile: High-Performance Liquid Chromatography – RI detection
Sugar Alcohol Screen: Gas chromatograph with a flame ionization detector
Reportable Units:
%
Turnaround Time:
7-9 Business Days
Is rush testing available?
Yes
Method Reference:
Sugar Profile: AOAC 977.20, High-Pressure Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Carbohydrates in Food Products: Evaluation of Method, J.W. DeVries, J.C. Heroff, and D.C.Egberg, J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem. 62 p1292 (1979)
Sugar Alcohol Screen: Internally-developed method.
Method Description:
Sugar Profile: This method directly determines the amounts of simple sugars (fructose, galactose, glucose, sucrose, maltose, and lactose). The sugars are extracted and cleaned-up; thereafter, the appropriate dilution is quantitated using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC).
Sugar Alcohol Screen: This method determines the amounts of Sorbitol, Maltitol, Erythritol, Xylitol, Mannitol, Isomalt, and Lactitol. Samples are extracted, components are converted to oximes, derivatized, and analyzed using gas chromatography. Calculations are based on response factors of known standards.
Additional Information:
Sugar alcohols co-elute/interfere with simple sugars during the analysis of the Sugar Profile, resulting in the need to run both Sugar Profile by HPLC Test and Sugar Alcohol Screen (Gas Chromatography) in order to determine total sugar in samples that contain added or naturally occurring sugar alcohols.
The simple sugar(s) experiencing interference during the Sugar Profile Test will be reported under the Sugar Alcohol Screen.
Total Sugars will be reported as a single line item on the Final Report, listed as “Sugars, Total by Calculation” which is a sum of all reportable simple sugars (fructose, galactose, glucose, sucrose, maltose, lactose) across both the Sugar Profile Test and the Sugar Alcohol Screen.
Information Required by Submitter:
Please supply an estimate of the sugar and salt levels, if available.
Contact Us:
If you have questions about our testing services, please contact us at +1 (800) 245-5615.
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