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Research Article | Open Access

Development of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry detection procedure to determine fatty acids in special formula milk powder

Ning Wang1,2,§Xiaoqing Shao1,§Mengyao Huang1Cunfang Wang1,2( )Hua Jiang1Xiaoning Zhang1( )
College of Food Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China
Shandong Key Laboratory of Healthy Food Resources Exploration and Creation, Jinan 250353, China

§These authors contributed equally to this article.

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In the future, the supply and variety of foods for special medical purposes (FSMPs) available on the market are expected to keep increasing. However, no fatty acid detection method specifically for FSMPs, especially special formula milk powder, has yet been established in China. This paper reports a rapid and accurate method based on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for the determination of fatty acids in special formula milk powder. The results showed that ultrasound-assisted lipid extraction in the solution state, methyl esterification of the fatty acids with the solution of sodium methoxide in methanol, a defined GC-MS temperature program, and a split ratio of 10:1 gave the best results. The linearity (correlation coefficients: 0.995 9–0.999 7), precision (relative standard deviation (RSD): 0.41%–3.36%), stability (RSD: 1.01%–4.91%), repeatability (RSD: 1.02%–3.81%), and spiked recovery rate (90.03%–107.76%) of the proposed method were confirmed to meet the detection requirements. Finally, the method performance was evaluated for nine commercial products, and the results revealed that the method was cheaper than that used in the national standard for the determination of fatty acids in food (GB 5009.168–2016) and the analysis time was shortened by 0.5 h. Compared to the international standard for the determination of fatty acids (AOAC 996.06), this method subdivides fatty acids and is more comprehensive in terms of detection accuracy and applicability. In conclusion, the proposed method enables the efficient and accurate detection of fatty acids in FSMPs.

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Food Science of Animal Products
Article number: 9240120
Cite this article:
Wang N, Shao X, Huang M, et al. Development of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry detection procedure to determine fatty acids in special formula milk powder. Food Science of Animal Products, 2025, 3(2): 9240120. https://doi.org/10.26599/FSAP.2025.9240120

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Received: 16 December 2024
Revised: 04 January 2025
Accepted: 10 March 2025
Published: 09 April 2025
© Beijing Academy of Food Sciences 2025.

Food Science of Animal Products published by Tsinghua University Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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