Standardised methods for amino acid analysis of food

Author:

E. Otter Don

Abstract

Amino acids (AA) are essential nutritional components of a balanced diet and occur in foods in either the free AA form or as the building blocks of proteins. The analysis of AAs in foods is composed of a number of unit operations; the release of the AAs from the food matrix, the separation of the individual AAs and their quantification using calibration standards. Each of these steps has their own idiosyncrasies, e.g. different hydrolysis conditions are required for the optimal release of different AAs and there are a diverse number and type of food matrices, such that most laboratories adapt methods to best suit their applications. There is currently no official standardised method for AA analysis, although the Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC) has validated methods for a number of individual AA components. The established analytical techniques of HPLC (ion exchange or reversed phase) and GC-MS have recently been supplemented by a number of new methods. These include capillary electrophoresis MS and Ultra HPLC-MS, and LC with other detectors. This review will address the intricacies and concerns of the protein hydrolysis step, discuss what specifications or prerequisites need to be placed on the existing and new methods and laboratories using these methods, comment on whether one method can successfully satisfy the exacting requirements of the various unit operations, and finally pose the question ‘Is there any merit in ‘developing’ a validated (e.g. AOAC) official method of analysis for AAs in food?’

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Nutrition and Dietetics,Medicine (miscellaneous)

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