AOAC SPIFAN Review Team (August 2016)

Dual Lab Validation of a Method for the Determination of Fructans in Infant

Formula & Adult Nutritionals /

25 Jul 2016

reduced to 0,07 respectively 0,20 ml. In table 6 the exact added quantities of three different fructan

standards Orafti HP, Orafi P95 and Nutraflora P95 are summarized.

Table 6

The fructan solutions prepared for the standard addition experiments.

fructan ingredient

Orafti HP

Orafti P95

Nutraflora P95

purity (AOAC 997.08)

92,70%

85,60%

86,20%

ingredient concentration

1,152 g/100ml

1,1504 g/100ml

1,1494 g/100ml

fructan concentration

10,63 mg/ml

9,878 mg/ml

9,908 mg/ml

spiked level at 0.07 ml addition

0,018 %m/m

0,017 % m/m

spiked level at 0.20 ml addition

0,051 (% m/m

0,047 % m/m

spiked level at 0,70 ml addition

0,158 % m/m

0,171 % m/m

0,148 % m/m

spiked level at 2,00 ml addition

0,354 % m/m

0,329 % m/m

0,330 % m/m

The results of this accuracy study are summarized in table 7. All the obtained experimental results are

presented in Annex E.

Table 7 Summarizing results of the accuracy study in the reconstituted samples.

sample

addition

average

level

recovery (%)

Sample 1, Child formula

powder

low(50%)

90,8

6,3

high (150%)

95,7

3,8

Sample 9, Toddler formula

powder milk based

low(50%)

89,0

4,7

high (150%)

93,2

1,2

Sample 10, Infant formula

powder milk based

low(50%)

94,1

2,1

high (150%)

94,6

2,9

Sample 12, Child formula

powder

low(50%)

91,0

4,9

high (150%)

101,5

7,1

Sample 14, Infant formula

powder FOS/GOS based

low(50%)

92,8*)

6,3

high (150%)

92,2

5,5

Sample 19, Adult

nutritional RTF high fat

low(50%)

94,8

9,2

high (150%)

95,3

4,5

average recovery

93,7

Marked in yellow

does not meet the target range 90 ‐ 110%

*) one (Grubb’s) outlier recovery value rejected (see Annex E)

The average recovery values in table 6 indicates that low addition levels tends to result in a slightly

lower value for the fructan recovery. With the exception of the low addition level in sample 9, Toddler

formula powder milk based, all average recovery values meet the target range 90 – 100% recovery.

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