Determination of the content of steviol glycosides and stevia products in beverages.
All mixed beer drinks and beverages in general.
The decarbonated and diluted sample is chromatographically separated on a polar-endcapped amino-HILIC phase and detected using a mass spectrometer with ESI source. The quantitative evaluation is carried out by external calibration.
The method is suitable for beers of all original gravities and of any alcohol content.
The gas chromatography headspace method is used to determine the higher alcohols and esters present in beer, i.e., the volatile compounds are transferred from the headspace in the sample vial into the GC system for analysis. The following substances are measured in this analysis:
Acetaldehyde
Propanol-1
Ethyl acetate
2-Methylpropanol
3-Methylbutanol
2-Methylbutanol
2-Methylpropylacetate
Butyric acid ethyl ester
3-Methylbutyl acetate
2-Methylbutyl acetate
Hexanoic acid ethyl ester
Process samples that contain yeast
Anaerobic cultivation, dark-field microscopy of the sample.
Determination of glucose and fructose by enzymatic means.
Suitable for beer, malt drinks, low-alcohol beer, beer-based mixed drinks, non-alcoholic soft drinks, NAB, fruit juices, soft drinks and other beverages.
Glucose and fructose are phosphorylated by the enzyme hexokinase (HK) and adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) to glucose 6-phosphate (G-6-P) and fructose 6-phosphate (F-6-P):
\(\text{Glucose + ATP} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{HK}}} \space \text{G-6-P + ADP}\)
\(\text{Fructose + ATP} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{HK}}} \space \text{F-6-P + ADP}\)
In the presence of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6P-DH), G-6-P is oxidized from nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+) to gluconate-6-phosphate. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP + H+) is formed:
\(\text{G-6-P + NADP}^+ \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{G6P-DH}}} \space \text{Gluconate-6-phosphate + NADPH + H}^+\)
The amount of NADP + H+ formed during the reaction is equivalent to the amount of glucose. NADPH + H+ is a measurand and is determined based on its absorbance at 340 nm.
After the reaction is complete, F-6-P is converted to G-6-P by phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI):
\(\text{F-6-P} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{PGI}}} \space \text{G-6-P}\)
The amount of NADPH + H+ formed during the reaction is equivalent to the amount of fructose. NADPH + H+ is the parameter being measured and is determined on the basis of its absorption at 340 nm.
G-6-P reacts in turn with NADP+ to form gluconate-6-phosphate and NADP + H+. The additional amount of NADP + H+ formed is equivalent to the amount of fructose and is determined photometrically based on its absorption at 340 nm.
Note:
Alternatively, NAD+/NAD + H+ can be used instead of NADP+/NADPH + H+:
\(\text{G-6-P + NAD}^+ \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{G6P-DH}}} \space \text{Gluconate-6-Phosphate + NAD + H}^+\)
Determination of glucose, fructose, sucrose by enzymatic means.
Suitable for wort, beer, malt-based drinks, nutritional beer, beer-based mixed drinks, non-alcoholic soft drinks, NAB, fruit juice, soft drinks, juices, drinks.
The D-glucose content is determined before and after enzymatic hydrolysis of sucrose. D-fructose is measured following D-glucose determination.
D-glucose/D-fructose determination before inversion:
Glucose and fructose are phosphorylated by the enzyme hexokinase (HK) and adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) to glucose-6-phosphate (G-6-P):
\(\text{Glucose + ATP} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{HK}}} \space \text{G-6-P + ADP}\)
\(\text{Fructose + ATP} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{HK}}} \space \text{F-6-P + ADP}\)
In the presence of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6P-DH), G-6-P is oxidized from nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+) to gluconate-6-phosphate. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP + H+) is formed:
\(\text{G-6-P + NADP}^+ \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{G6P-DH}}} \space \text{Gluconate-6-phosphate + NADP + H}^+\)
The amount of NADP + H+ formed during the reaction is equivalent to the amount of glucose. NADP + H+ is measurand and is determined based on its absorbance at 340 nm.
After the reaction is complete, F-6-P is converted to G-6-P by phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI):
\(\text{F-6-P} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{PGI}}} \space \text{G-6-P}\)
G-6-P reacts in turn with NADP+ to form gluconate-6-phosphate and NADP + H+. The additional amount of NADP + H+ formed is equivalent to the amount of fructose and is determined photometrically based on its absorbance at 340 nm.
Enzymatic inversion:
Sucrose is hydrolyzed to glucose and fructose by the enzyme β-fructosidase (invertase) at pH 4.6:
\(\text{Saccharose + H}{_2}\text{O} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{β-Fructosidase}}} \space \text{Glucose + Fructose}\)
The D-glucose determination after inversion (total D-glucose) is carried out as described above.
The sucrose content is calculated from the difference between the glucose concentration before and after enzymatic inversion.
Determination of glucose by enzymatic means.
Suitable for wort, beer, malt-based drinks, nutritional beer, beer-based mixed drinks, non-alcoholic soft drinks, NAB, fruit juice, soft drinks, juices, drinks.
Glucose is phosphorylated by the enzyme hexokinase (HK) and adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) to glucose 6-phosphate (G-6-P).
\(\text{Glucose + ATP} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{HK}}} \space \text{G-6-P + ADP}\)
In the presence of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6P-DH), G-6-P is oxidized by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+) to gluconate-6-phosphate. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) is formed:
\(\text{G-6-P + NADP}^+ \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{G6P-DH}}} \space \text{gluconate-6-phosphate + NADPH + H}^+\)
The amount of NADPH+H+ formed during the reaction is equivalent to the amount of glucose. NADPH+H+ is determined based upon its absorbance at 340 nm.
Note:
Alternatively, NAD+/NADH + H+ can be used instead of NADP+/NADPH+ H+:
\(\text{G-6-P + NAD}^+ \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{G6P-DH}}} \space \text{Gluconate-6-Phosphate + NAD + H}^+\)