FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (10): 276-279.

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Determination of Nitrate in Meat Products

 DING  Xu-Guang, ZHANG  Jie-Li, LIU  Zhi-Qiang, LI  Tie-Chun   

  1. Chemistry Department of Anshan Normal University
  • Online:2004-10-15 Published:2011-10-24

Abstract: The content of nitrate in meat products sold in Anshan City was determined by UV method with α-naphthaleneused as a chromogenic reagent. The top conditions, such as, acidity, temperature, consumption of chromogenic reagent wereinvestigated. The results showed that the stability was good and the absorbance fluctuate little when pH was 3~4, thetemperature was at 15~25℃, the chromogenic reagent was 2ml and the time of coloration was 20~40min. The final result wassatisfied.

Key words: nitrate, nitrite, UV