Determination of Polyvinyl Acetate in Chewing Gum Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Evaporative Light Scattering Detector and Pyrolyzer-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry.

ABSTRACT: Polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) is used in various adhesive, paint, and transparent tape applications. It is also used as a food additive in food manufacturing to make chewing gum and fruit and vegetable glazes; however, guidelines on the amount of food additives that is used have not yet been established. In this study, a method was developed for analysis of polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) using high-performance liquid chromatography with an evaporative light scattering detector (HPLC-ELSD) and pyrolyzer-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC-MS). The analytical methods were applied to commercially available chewing gum. In the HPLC-ELSD analysis, the linearity was acceptable (R2 > 0.999), and the limits of detection and quantification were 22.2 and 67.3 µg/mL, respectively. The accuracies of PVAc

SUBMITTER: Sim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7602758 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature