Development and Validation of UV-Visible Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural Content in Canned Malt Drinks and Fruit Juices in Ghana

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Expected concentration (mg/ml)</td><td class="align_center">Mean absorbance ± SD</td><td class="align_center">Mean% recovery ± SD</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">0.001</td><td class="align_center">0.1253 ± 0.001</td><td class="align_center">100.91 ± 0.8126</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">0.0025</td><td class="align_center">0.3357 ± 0.002</td><td class="align_center">99.57 ± 0.5860</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">0.005</td><td class="align_center">0.6930 ± 0.005</td><td class="align_center">100.08 ± 0.7037</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_center"><i>Acceptance criteria</i></td><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center"><b>[98–102%]</b></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Results showing accuracy of results from the developed method.</div>

Journal of Food Quality

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Table 4: Development and Validation of UV-Visible Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural Content in Canned Malt Drinks and Fruit Juices in Ghana 

Table 4 | Development and Validation of UV-Visible Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural Content in Canned Malt Drinks and Fruit Juices in Ghana 