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Original Articles

Analysis of furan in coffee of different provenance by head-space solid phase microextraction gas chromatography–mass spectrometry: effect of brewing procedures

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Pages 786-792 | Received 24 Nov 2008, Accepted 11 Jan 2009, Published online: 23 Jun 2009
 

Abstract

A simple, sensitive and accurate method for the analysis of furan in roasted coffee has been used based on headspace–solid-phase micro-extraction (HS–SPME) coupled to gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). The extraction was performed using 75-µm carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane fiber. Ionic strength, extraction time and temperature, and desorption time were assessed as the most important parameters affecting the HS–SPME procedure and d 4-furan was used as the internal standard. The linearity range was in the range 0.0075–0.486 ng g−1; the LOD and LOQ calculated using the signal-to-noise ratio approach were 0.002 and 0.006 ng g−1, respectively. The inter- and intra-day precision was 8 and 10%, respectively. The concentration of furan found in batches of roasted coffee powder different producing countries ranged from 57.3 to 587.3 ng g−1. The mean reduction in furan levels observed when brewing coffee by either infusion, using a moka pot or an expresso machine was 57, 67.5 and 63.3%, respectively.

Acknowledgements

We thanks Zi-Caffè s.p.a. (Marsala, Trapani) which entirely financed this research.

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