Proposed phytic acid standard including a method for its analysis.

A method is described that accurately and rapidly quantifies the free and total phosphorous content of a commercially available, purified, phytic acid preparation. This allows its use as a standard for phytic acid determinations in foods. The method involves a wet ashing step followed by phosphorous measurement with a 1-amino-2-naphthol-4-sulfonic acid-molybdate reagent in a microplate reader at 660 nm. The procedure can be performed in 3 h with as little as 50 mg sample.