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Analysis of Food Sugars in Various Matrices Using UPLC with Refractive Index (RI) DetectionMark E. BenvenutiWaters Corporation, Milford, MA, USA
IN T RO DU C T IO N
Sugars are found in a variety of food matrices as either naturally occurring or
artificially added. Fructose, glucose, and sucrose are important constituents of
various fruit juices. Maltose is found in products derived from corn and grain
products. Lactose, also known as milk sugar, exists in dairy products. This set of
sugars is known as the five food sugars.
Analysis of these sugars is important for quality control purposes, or to determine
authenticity or adulteration of food products. Due to the lack of chromophores
on these molecules, typical LC methods use evaporative light scattering (ELS),
electrochemical, or refractive index (RI) detection. In many laboratories, RI
is the detection method of choice because it is simple to use and needs no
equilibration between injections. RI provides excellent repeatability and shows a
linear response for quantification. There is no need for a clean nitrogen supply,
which provides an economic benefit and is ideal for a manufacturing facility.
In laboratories where RI detection is the preferred detection method for these
samples, a UPLC-compatible version was required to take advantage of the
benefits of sub-2-µm particle technology.
This application note shows the efficacy of the Waters® ACQUITY UPLC H-Class
System with the ACQUITY RI Detector to analyze sugars in several different food
matrices with a run time of less than 3.5 minutes.
WAT E R S SO LU T IO NS
ACQUITY UPLC® H-Class System
ACQUITY® Refractive Index Detector
ACQUITY UPLC BEH Amide
Column Chemistry
K E Y W O R D S
Food sugars, BEH Amide column chemistry
A P P L I C AT IO N B E N E F I T S
Using UPLC® with RI detection enables the
detection of the food sugars fructose, glucose,
sucrose, maltose, and lactose in a variety of
matrices resulting in the following benefits:
■■ Run time of less than 3.5 minutes
increases throughput.
■■ Isocratic elution eliminates the need for
column re-equilibration between injections.
■■ Method allows the use of robust
UPLC BEH Amide column chemistry
for sugar separation.
Figure 1. ACQUITY UPLC H-Class System with RI Detector.
2Analysis of Food Sugars in Various Matrices Using UPLC with Refractive Index (RI) Detection
E X P E R IM E N TA L
LC conditions
System: ACQUITY UPLC H-Class
Run time: 3.5 min
Column: ACQUITY BEH Amide
2.1 x 50 mm, 1.7µm
Temp.: 85 °C
Mobile phase: 77:23 acetone/water with
0.05% triethylamine (TEA)
Flow rate: 0.15 mL/min
Injection volume: 1.0 µL
Detection: ACQUITY Refractive
Index Detector
Data acquisition: 20 points/s
Time constant: Normal
Flow cell: 40 °C
Standard preparation
A stock solution of fructose, glucose, sucrose,
maltose, and lactose was prepared by dissolving
~1 gram of each of these sugars in water and
diluting to 100 mL with same. From this stock,
six dilutions were made in 50:50 acetonitrile/water
to create working standards with concentrations
listed in Table 1. The fructose high standard was
~1400 ppm greater than that in the other sugars due
to the amount weighed for the stock, extending the
curve for this analyte compared to the other sugars.
Sample preparation
Individual samples of orange, white grape, and
pineapple juices were centrifuged at 4000 rpm
for 30 min to remove solids. The supernatants
were diluted 1:5 with 50:50 acetonitrile/water,
and injected.
A corn syrup sample was prepared by dissolving
1.024 g syrup in water, and further diluting to
50 mL. 500 µL of this was diluted with the same
amount of 50:50 acetonitrile/water, then injected.
A sample of low fat milk was diluted 1:10 with
50:50 acetonitrile/water, and centrifuged at
4000 rpm for 30 min to remove the precipitated
lipids. A portion of the supernatant was collected
for injection.
Std Fructose Glucose Sucrose Maltose Lactose1.0 6505.0 5125.0 5110.0 5065.0 5165.0
2.0 2602.0 2050.0 2044.0 2026.0 2066.0
3.0 1301.0 1025.0 1022.0 1013.0 1033.0
4.0 650.5 512.5 511.0 506.5 516.5
5.0 520.4 410.0 408.8 405.2 413.2
6.0 260.2 205.0 204.4 202.6 206.6
Table 1. Concentrations of the mixed sugar standards in ppm (mg/kg).
3Analysis of Food Sugars in Various Matrices Using UPLC with Refractive Index (RI) Detection
Figure 2. Overlay of the chromatograms from the six standards of differing concentrations.
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1- Fructose2- Glucose3- Sucrose4- Maltose5- Lactose
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Figure 3. Calibration curves for the five food sugars.
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FructoseR2= 0.99902
GlucoseR2= 0.99951
SucroseR2= 0.99992
MaltoseR2= 0.99991
LactoseR2= 0.99988
R E SU LT S A N D D IS C U S S IO N
The resulting chromatograms from injections of each of the six standards are shown in Figure 2. Note that all
target analytes elute in less than 3.5 minutes. Figure 3 shows the linear calibration curves for each of the five
food sugars where R2 values are greater than 0.999 for all compounds.
4Analysis of Food Sugars in Various Matrices Using UPLC with Refractive Index (RI) Detection
To assess the utility of the method for the quantification of sugars in fruit juices, three fruit juice samples were
analyzed, and the resulting chromatograms are shown in Figure 4. Differences in sugar content and ratios for
each juice were quite apparent. The ratio of fructose, glucose, and sucrose was ~1:1:2, while the white grape
juice contains fructose and glucose, but negligible sucrose. This is consistent with the literature.1 To assess the
retention time and amount repeatability, each juice was injected three times. The resulting data are shown in
Table 2. The %RSD for retention time and amount for all analytes was less than 0.11 and 1.25, respectively.
Figure 4. Chromatograms of orange, white grape, and pineapple juices.
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1- Fructose 22.9 g/L2- Glucose 21.4 g/L3- Sucrose 53.4 g/L
1- Fructose 79.5 g/L2- Glucose 77.2 g/L
1- Fructose 32.3 g/L2- Glucose 34.6 g/L3- Sucrose 44.6 g/L
Orange
White grape
Pineapple
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Sugar Orange White grape PineappleRT Amount RT Amount RT Amount
Fructose 0.104 1.218 0.048 0.365 0.066 0.371
Glucose 0.038 0.827 0.035 0.659 0.049 0.321
Sucrose 0.035 0.588 N/A N/A 0.043 0.429
Table 2. Reproducibility data (%RSD) for retention time and amount for three injections of each fruit juice.
5Analysis of Food Sugars in Various Matrices Using UPLC with Refractive Index (RI) Detection
Figure 5. Chromatogram of corn syrup showing calculated concentration of the two sugars; glucose and maltose.
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2- Glucose 154.4 g/L4- Maltose 104.4 g/L
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Figure 6. Chromatogram of low fat milk showing the presence of lactose.
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5- Lactose 47.9 g/L
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The chromatograms for corn syrup and low fat milk are shown in Figures 5 and 6. These samples show very
different profiles from those expected for fruit juices. The supermarket corn syrup sample used here consists
primarily of glucose and maltose, as shown in Figure 5. Unlike high fructose corn syrups, where cornstarch
has been enzymatically converted to glucose and then to fructose, this sample still has high levels of maltose.
Lactose is a food sugar found in dairy products and is present in the chromatogram of the milk sample in Figure 6.
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Reference
1. Sanz et al. Inositols and Carbohydrates in Different Fresh Fruit Juices. Food Chemistry. 2004; 87: 326.
The use of UPLC Technology enables highly efficient, rapid sugar
separations in less than 3.5 minutes. The BEH Amide column
chemistry allows for the use of basic modifiers and higher column
temperatures to improve peak shape and quantification. The
ACQUITY Refractive Index Detector’s low internal volume delivers
low dispersion that is compatible with narrow UPLC peak volumes,
while still delivering stable baseline performance for reliable
quantitative results, evident in the sugar analysis.
CO N C LU S IO NS
This application note demonstrates a rapid isocratic method for
the analysis of food sugars.
Waters ACQUITY UPLC H-Class System with RI detection
provides the following benefits:
■■ Rapid analysis time with no column equilibration necessary
■■ A reduction in turnaround time resulting in
increased throughput
■■ Low eluent flow rate reduces solvent cost and waste disposal
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