Determination Of Coffee Content In Coffee Mixtures

نویسندگان

  • Liew Siew Ling
  • Nik Ismail
  • Nik Daud
  • Osman Hassan
چکیده

The Malaysian Food Regulations 1985 [1] states that coffee mixtures must contain not less than 50 percent coffee. Caffeine content of a coffee mixture is usually used to indicate its coffee level. In this study, coffee content of coffee mixtures was determined based on caffeine concentrations using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Caffeine recoveries from spiked standard coffee mixtures ranged from 90.9 to 98.1% while CVs were from 4.8 to 6.6%. Coffee content were determined by using the MS 1360 [2] method and calibration graphs of robusta, liberica and arabica. Accuracy depended on the type of calibration graph referred to and coffee species in the respective samples. All four methods consistently overestimated or underestimated coffee levels, especially when coffee species in the samples were different from that of the calibration graphs. Based on the results obtained, it was concluded that caffeine content may not an accurate coffee content indicator. Abstrak : Menurut Peraturan Makanan 1985 [1], kopi campuran hendaklah mengandungi tidak kurang daripada 50 peratus kopi. Kandungan biji kopi dalam kopi campuran biasanya ditentukan berdasarkan kepekatan kafeinanya. Dalam kajian ini, kromatografi cecair prestasi tinggi digunakan untuk menentukan kepekatan kafeina dalam kopi campuran dan seterusnya, kandungan biji kopi dalam kopi campuran tersebut ditentu berdasarkan kepekatan kafeinanya. Perolehan semula kafeina dalam kopi campuran yang dikaji berada dalam julat 90.9 hingga 98.1% manakala CVnya ialah 4.8 hingga 6.6%. Kandungan biji kopi ditentukan dengan menggunakan kaedah MS 1360 [2] serta berdasarkan lengkuk piawai robusta, liberica dan arabica. Ketepatan penentuan kandungan biji kopi dalam kopi campuran didapati bergantung pada lengkuk piawai jenis kopi yang dirujukkan serta spesies biji kopi dalam sampel berkenaan. Keempat-empat kaedah yang digunakan telah menghasilkan ketepatan yang kurang memuaskan, terutama sekali jika spesies kopi dalam sampel yang dikaji adalah berbeza daripada spesies kopi dalam lengkuk piawai yang digunakan. Berdasarkan keputusan yang diperolehi, adalah didapati bahawa kepekatan kafeina tidak merupakan penunjuk kandungan biji kopi yang tepat dalam setiap kes. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

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تاریخ انتشار 2002