title: Analysis of the volatile components in vanilla extracts and flavorings by solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography.
abstract: The development and application of a solid-phase microextraction (SPME) method in the analysis of vanilla extracts and vanilla flavorings was studied. The SPME method was developed to be used in conjunction with gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The optimized SPME sampling parameters for the determination of the volatile components included a poly(acrylate) fiber, a 40-min sampling time at room temperature, and a 2-min desorption time. The reproducibility of the method was good, with a percent relative standard deviation between 2.5 and 6.4% for the target compounds. The data suggest that the origin of natural extracts can be readily determined from the GC profile and that differences exist between nature-identical and synthetic flavorings and the natural extracts. The method also has potential for identifying the type of vanilla extract/flavoring used to flavor food.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Communications, Health and Science, Edith Cowan University, 2 Bradford St., Mt. Lawley, Perth, Western Australia, 6050, Australia.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sostaric
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Boyce
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Spickett
mesh_terms: D005421:Flavoring Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000032:analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005421:Flavoring Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts