Research Article

Improvement in Analytical Methods for Determination of Sugars in Fermented Alcoholic Beverages

Table 4

Limit of detection and recovery percentage for individual sugars by the HPLC-RI method and for total sugar by the sulfuric acid method.

S. no.SampleFructoseGlucoseSucroseTotal sugar
LOD (%, w/w)Recovery (%)LOD (%, w/w)Recovery (%)LOD (%, w/w)Recovery (%)LOD (g/L)Recovery (%)

1Keribo0.0011060.00293.20.00294.30.00998.2
2Tej0.00189.40.0021090.00294.20.009100
3Tella0.00190.30.00292.40.00295.10.009109