英文摘要 |
The assay of sorbic acid is discussed in conjunction with our investigation of the bleaching agent used in fruit wine. According to CNS method, vapor distillation accompanied with the addition of n-nonane during condensation can yield a 90% recovery of sorbic acid. The preliminary test revealed the recoveries were 90.4-92.3% and 90.3-93.7% for domestic versus imported fruit wine. The coefficients of variation were within 10% in the ranges of 0.10 - 1.00g/kg sorbic acid. The limited detection level was 0.02g/kg sorbic acid. The results showed that sorbic acid was positive in 5.0%(4/80) of the samples. Furthermore the contents ranged from 0.02-0.05g/kg, and all met the regulatory limitation (0.2g/kg). These positive samples were all grape wine products. As to the bleaching agent test, the methods published by Department of Health were followed. Results showed 56.3%( 45/80) of the samples were SO2 positive , of which 43 samples were grape wine , I sample was black berry wine and the other was cherry wine. The contents ranged from 0.011-0.301g/kg, All SO2 positive samples met the regulatory limitation (0.25g/kg), except one grape wine imported from Germany (0.301g/Kg). |