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 6

Results from the analysis of the samples.

Sample	Mean absorbance ± SD (N = 3)	Content of 5-HMF (mg/ml)
Canned malt drinks
M1	0.654 ± 0.004	0.462
M2	0.483 ± 0.003	0.353
M3	0.458 ± 0.005	0.335
M4	0.428 ± 0.003	0.314
M5	0.428 ± 0.003	0.314
M6	0.668 ± 0.003	0.483
M7	1.001 ± 0.002	0.717
M8	0.575 ± 0.004	0.417
M9	0.682 ± 0.001	0.493
M10	0.739 ± 0.003	0.533
Fruit juice
A1	0.549 ± 0.002	0.399
A2	0.324 ± 0.011	0.241
A3	0.605 ± 0.005	0.438
A4	0.536 ± 0.004	0.390
A5	0.526 ± 0.001	0.383
A6	0.513 ± 0.004	0.374
A7	0.459 ± 0.004	0.336
A8	0.326 ± 0.001	0.242
A9	0.321 ± 0.005	0.238
A10	0.170 ± 0.005	0.132