SPIFAN SP Meeting September 17, 2016

Decisions in 2010/2011 • 5-MTHF 2-9% of total folates (NIST 1849) • No information on polyglutamate amount • For Infant Formula both folic acid and 5-MTHF (polyglutamate) would result in total folate amounts

SLV reports 2016 1. S. D. Bhandari, J. Szpylka: Validation of an LC- MS/MS method for Folate analysis in Infant Formula and Adult nutritionals samples (Folate-22, OMA 2011.06) using SPIFAN II sample kit 2. F. Martin, Y. Oguey, K. Meisser, E. Campos Giménez: Contribution of minor folates to the total folate content of infant formula and adult/pediatric nutritionals.