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The Quality and Authenticity Markers of Tomato Ketchup

Jarmila Lehkoživová, Jolana Karovičová *, Zlatica Kohajdová

Institute of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

E-mail: * jolana.karovicova@stuba.sk

Abstract: The selected quality and authenticity markers of tomato ketchup were determined in 3 sets of ketchup. The qualitative criteria (colour, pH, hydroxymethylfurfural) were evaluated in commercial samples of ketchup. Authentic markers (formol number, citric and malic acid, pyrrolid-5-one-2-carboxylic acid, and minerals K+, Mg2+, Ca2+) were determined in model prepared samples and real samples with known natural tomato soluble solids content of the same producer.

Keywords: authentication, quality, tomato ketchup

Full paper in Portable Document Format: acs_0049.pdf

Acta Chimica Slovaca, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2009, pp. 88—96