Analysis of Cereal & Cereal Prod.

Lab.
Manual 3
MANUAL OF METHODS
OF
ANALYSIS OF FOODS
CEREAL AND CEREAL PRODUCTS
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF HEALTH SERVICES

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
2005
CEREALS AND CEREAL PRODUCTS
MANUAL FOR ANALYSIS OF CEREAL AND CEREAL PRODUCTS
CONTENTS
1.0 FOODGRAINS 1
1.1 Definition of Refraction 1
1.1.2.1 Determination of Foreign Matter 3
1.1.2.2 Determination of Mineral Matter 4
1.1.2.3 Determination of Refractions other than Foreign Matter 4
1.2 Determination of Rodent Excreta and Hair 5
1.3 Light Filth in Whole Wheat Flour 6
2.0 Determination of Moisture 10
3.0 Determination of Uric Acid 11
4.0 Test for presence of Ergot in Food grains 13
5.0 Determination of Hydrocyanic Acid in Beans 15
6.0 Determination of Aflatoxin 16
7.0 Determination of Deoxynivalenol (DON) 16
8.0 Atta (Wheat) 16
8.7 Determination of Calcium Carbonate in Fortified Atta 21
8.8 Determination of Total Protein in Protein Rich Atta 22
9.0 Maida, Fortified Maida, Protein Rich Maida 26
10.0 Semolina (Suji) 26
11.0 Detection of Kesari Dal Powder( Lathrus Sativus) in Besan 26
12.0 Determination of Talc on Rice and Pulses 28
13.0 Microscopic Structure of Cereal Starches 29
14.0 Biscuits 34
15.0 Bread 39
16.0 Corn Flour, Corn Flakes and Custard Powder 46
17.0 Malted Milk Food 49
18.0 Determination of Synthetic Colour in Biscuits, Cakes etc 54
19.0 Solvent Extracted Oilseed Flours 57
19.1 Determination of Total Residual Hexane 57
20.0 Determination of Oxalic Acid in Solvent Extracted Sesame Flour 61
21.0 Determination of Free and Total Gossypol in Solvent Extracte
Cottonseed Flour 62
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MANUAL FOR ANALYSIS OF CEREAL AND CEREAL PRODUCTS
Standards for cereals, pulses and their products are laid down in item A 18 of
Appendix B to P.F.A. Rules. These include standards for food grains, their milled
products and processed cereal products. In addition standards for malted foods
and solvent extracted edible oilseed flours are also included under this item.
1.0 FOOD GRAINS
1.1 Definition of Refractions
Refractions mean all components of food grains, which differ from normal
grains such as foreign matter, other food grains, damaged grains, weevilled
grains, broken, shrivelled grains etc. The definition of various refractions is
given under ‘Explanation” below item A 18.06.14 in Appendix B to
P.F.A.Rules (1955). Additional definitions are
(1) Karnal bunt – Grains of wheat having a dull appearance and blackish in
colour, the blackness spreading along the longitudinal furrow on the ventral side
giving the kernels a boat like appearance. The grains are affected by a field
fungus Neovossia indica.
(2) Ergot – Grains of wheat showing a slightly curved body in the ear in
place of kernel. Ergot is produced by fungus Claviceps pupurea. Ergot
produces Ergotoxin and occurs in rye , millets and wheat.
(Ref :- I.S : 8184 – 1976 Method for determination of Ergot in Foodgrains).
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(3) Filth – Any objectionable matter contributed by animal contamination of

the product such as rodent, insect or bird matter, or any other objectionable
matter contributed by insanitary conditions
(a) Heavy Filth – Heavier filth material separated from product by

sedimentation based on different densities of filth, food particles and
immersion liquids such as CHCl3 etc. Examples of such filth are insect
and rodent excreta pellets and pellet fragments, sand and soil.
(b) Light filth – Lighter filth particles that are oleophilic and are separated
from product by floating them in an oil – aqueous liquid mixture.
Examples are insect fragments, whole insects, rodent hairs and feather
barbules.
(c) Sieved filth – Filth particles of specific size ranges separated

quantitatively from product by use of selected sieve mesh sizes.
( Ref :- A.O.A.C 17th edn,2000, Official method 970. 66 Light and Heavy Filth)
1.1.1 Equipment
(a) Balance – sensitivity 1 mg

(b) I. S sieves of round holes having following aperture size
Top 4.0 mm
Second from top 3.35 mm
Third from top 1.70 mm
Fourth from top 1.0 mm
A solid bottom pan at the bottom
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(c) Enamelled Trays – Flat type 30 cm diameter with raised rims

(d) Small scoop
(e) Forceps
(f) Magnifying glass with a handle of about 7.5 cm and a magnification of
10 X
1.1.2 Procedure
Examine the test sample for its general condition, such as appearance freedom
from moulds, insect infestation off odour, poisonous. and deleterious matter
1.1.2.1 Determination of Foreign matter
Determine foreign matter by transferring entire 500 gm of the sample over the
set of sieves arranged in such a way that the sieve with the largest perforation
comes at the top and those with smaller perforations are placed in the order of
their sizes with the solid pan at the bottom. Agitate the sample thoroughly to
strain out the foreign matter at various levels. As a result of this straining, other
food grains and foreign matter like bold pieces of clay, chaff etc shall remain on
the first three sieves according to their sizes. The top most sieve would contain
bold grains, big pieces of clay and other big sized foreign matter, while the
lower sieves would contain smaller, shriveled and badly insect damaged grains
and smaller foreign matter. Separate the sieves after straining and pick up all
foreign matter and add it to the foreign matter collected on the bottom pan.
Weigh the total foreign matter of the bottom pan and calculate the percentage.
In the case of rice, millets and smaller sized the quantity of sample for test
should be 250 gm.
For the purpose of reducing the quantity of the test sample, spread the entire
sample in a tray, divide it into four equal portions, collect the two opposite
portions and repeat this process till the required quantity of sample is collected.
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1.1.2.2 Determination of Mineral Matter
Separate the foreign matter into mineral (inorganic) and organic foreign matter
by putting the entire foreign matter collected into a beaker containing carbon
tetrachloride. The inorganic extraneous matter (mineral matter) will settle down
which can be separated from organic foreign matter. Remove the organic
foreign matter dry and weigh. Calculate the percentage .The remaining amount
shall be the mineral matter..
1.1.2.3 Determination of refractions other than Foreign Matter
Mix the contents of the 4 sieves freed from foreign matter together and spread
out evenly on a flat smooth surface. From this spread take exactly the specified
quantity required for analysis as indicated below from different parts by
quartering the sample. Place the weighed quantity in the enameled tray. Then
pick out by hand with the help of magnifying glass, if necessary, various
refractions as per the definitions given at the end of item A 18.06.14. Weigh
each refraction and calculate the percentage.
1.1.2.4 Quantity of sample to be taken for determining refractions other

than Foreign matter
Bolder grains such as
Wheat / Maize / Barley /Whole pulses 50 gm
Smaller grains such as
Rice / Split pulses / millets 20gm
(Ref: I.S 4333 (Part 1): 1996 Methods of analysis for Food grains Part I -
Refractions)
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1.2 Determination of Rodent excreta and Hair
1.2.1 Rodent excreta
Weigh 50 gm of sample in 250 ml hooked- lipped beaker. Add chloroform

within 1 cm of the top, mix thoroughly and let settle 30 minutes stirring surface
layer occasionally. Carefully decant CHCl 3 and float tissue on to Buchner
without disturbing heavy residue at the bottom of beaker. Before decanting,
take care that floating layer has not become so compact as to render this
operation difficult. Add Carbon Tetrachloride equal to the amount of CHCl3 and
tissue left in the beaker, let settle again and decant as before. Repeat the process
with mixture of equal parts of CHCl 3 and CCl 4 until very little tissue remains
in the beaker. Do not decant any rodent excreta fragments that may be present.
Wash residue in beaker on to a 7 cm ruled paper with stream of CHCl 3 or CCl 4
and examine microscopically. Retain decanted floating tissues for analysis of
light filth.
1.2.2 Light filth
Draw air through the Buchner funnel until liquid evaporates. Air dry overnight
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or dry in oven at 80 C. (In oven drying phosgene is liberated and adequate
ventilation must be provided). Transfer residue to 1 litre Wildman trap
consisting of 1 or 2 litre Erlenmeyer flask into which is inserted close fitting
rubber stopper supported on stiff metal rod 5 mm in diameter and about 10 cm
longer than the height of the flask. The rod is threaded at the lower end and
furnished with nuts and washers to hold it in place on stopper .the lower nut and
washer is sunk in rubber to prevent striking flask.
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Add 100 ml 60 % Isopropanol saturated with Heptane (To 600 ml isoproponol

add 45 ml heptane and 430 ml water, mix and let stand overnight. Siphon from
below surface) and mix thoroughly. Wash down sides of the flask with iso
proponol – heptane solution until about 400 ml is added and soak 30 minutes.
Trap off twice with 20- 30 ml of heptane for each trapping and 60 %
isoproponol saturated with heptane as the liquid extraction medium. Filter and
examine each trapping microscopically
( Ref :- A.O.A.C 17th edn,2000, Official method 941.16 Filth in grain products
and brewers grits)
1.3 Light filth in Whole Wheat Flour
1.3.1 Principle
Whole wheat flour is digested without effect on insect exoskeleton or

mammalian hair contaminants. These oleophilic filth elements are separated
from non oleophilic food products by attraction to the oil phase of an
oil –aqueous mixture. The oil phase is trapped off, filtered and examined
microscopically for filth elements.
1.3.2 Apparatus
(a) Sieve - (1) No 230 Plain weave. Plain weave is woven with one wire
alternately over and under next – (2) Sieve Handle for holding 8 inch
diameter sieve
(b) Reflux apparatus – see figure below
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(c) Wildman trap flask – see figure below
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(d) Filter paper – Ruled - Use smooth, high wet strength filter paper ruled
with oil,- alcohol, and water- proof lines 5 mm apart. S & S No 8 is
satisfactory
1.3.3 Reagents
(a) HCl solution – 3 % . Add 24 ml HCl to 776 ml Water.
(b) Isopropanol solution (1) 100 % (2) 40 % aqueous solution
(c) Mineral oil – Paraffin oil , white , light , sp gr. 0.840 – 0. 860. Request
supplier to provide certificate of analysis
(d) Tween 80 – 40 % isopropanol solution – To 40 ml of polysorbate 80 add
210 ml isopropanol, mix and filter.
(e) Tetra sodium EDTA – 40 % iso propanol solution – Dissolve
5 gm Tetra sodium EDTA in 150 ml water, add 100 ml isopropanol, mix and
filter.
1.3.4 Isolation
Add 800 ml of 3% HCl solution to a 2 litre beaker. Place on preheated hot

plate and magnetically stir so stirring bar is visible in vortex ( Teflon
covered bars approx 47 mm long x 9 mm outer dia for use with hot plate
having continuous variable heat and speed control.)
Accurately weigh 50 gm of wheat flour to nearest 0.5 gm into 250 ml beaker.

Transfer flour portion wise to 3% HCl solution. Rinse sides of 250 ml beaker
with 3 % HCl solution from wash bottle and add washings to 2 litre beaker.
Cover with watch glass and bring to full boil. Remove watch glass and boil
gently 15 minutes while magnetically stirring. Use clean sieve of 8 inch
diameter, appropriate mesh size as prescribed (plain sieve). Hold sieve under
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aerator which produces an even fine spray of water at 30 angle. Use of
sieve handle or similar device helps maintain proper angle of sieve.. Pour
well mixed sample portion wise ( not so much that clogging or excessive
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foaming results) on to sieve so that moderate pressure spray of water

contacts material on sieve .Increase water pressure to achieve maximum
spray action on sieve, but not so violent that sample froths over lip of sieve.
Keep sample material washed to lower inside edge of sieve until majority of
detergent foaming subsides and through water is essentially clear. Repeat
portion wise addition of sample and wash sample container thoroughly on
final addition. Continue washing on sieve until all detergent foaming
subsides and through water is clear. Wash residue to side of sieve with hot
tap water and rinse residue with 100 % Isopropanol.
Quantitatively transfer residue to original beaker, washing with 100 % Iso

propanol. Add 100 % Isopropanol to 400 ml mark on beaker and boil gently
5 minutes using reflux apparatus inserted into beaker top. Remove beaker
from reflux apparatus and quantitatively, transfer beaker contents to sieve.
Wet sieve with gentle stream of hot water until rinse is clear. Wash residue
on sieve with 40 % Isopropanol and quantitatively transfer residue to
Wildman trap flask using 40 % Isopropanol. Dilute to 600 ml with 40 %
Isopropanol and boil gently 5 minutes with magnetic stirring.. Remove from
heat. Add 65 ml mineral oil and magnetically stir 3 minutes. Let stand 1-2
minutes after stirring.
Add mixture of Tween 80 – 40 % Isopropanol solution and 5 ml Na 4

EDTA- 40 % Isopropanol solution slowly down stirring rod. Hand stir gently
for 30 seconds. Let stand undisturbed 1-2 minutes. Fill flask with 40 %
Isopropanol, clamp rod and let stand30 minutes. Stir bottom contents every 5
minutes for first 20 minutes and leave undisturbed for final 10 minutes. Spin
stopper( wafer) to remove any trapped residue and trap off into 400 ml
beaker using 40 % Isopropanol to rinse neck of flask. Add 40 ml mineral oil
to flask and hand stir 15 seconds with gentle up and down motion. Fill flask
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with 40 % Isopropanol and let stand for 20 minutes. Spin stopper and trap
off as before, rinsing neck with 100 % Isopropanol.
Filter beaker contents through filter and examine microscopically at

30 X.
(Ref :- A.O.A.C 17 th edn,2000, Official method 993.26 Light filth in Whole

Wheat Flour)
2.0 Determination of moisture
2.1 Apparatus
(a) Grinding Mill - capable of grinding rapidly and uniformly without

development of appreciable heat. The ground material should pass
through 1.0 mm I.S sieve
(b) Moisture dishes – made of aluminium or stainless steel approx 7.5 mm
wide and 2.5 mm deep with tight fitting lids
(c) Electric oven – well ventilated and thermostatically controlled to maintain
temperature between 130 – 133 0 C.
(d) Dessicator containing an effective desiccant
2.2 Procedure
Mix the test sample and grind suitable quantity to give sufficient ground material
for replicate determination. Ensure that the sample is neither too coarse nor too
fine and passes through 1.0 mm sieve.
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Weigh accurately about 5 gm of sample in a previously dried and tared dish and
place the dish with its lid underneath in the oven for 2 hours. The time should be
reckoned from the moment the oven attains 130 0 C after the dishes have been
placed. Remove the dish after 2 hours, cool in the dessicator and weigh
2.3 Calculation
Moisture percent = (W1- W2) x 100

W1 - W
Where
W1 = Weight in gm of the dish with the material before drying
W2 = Weight in gm of the dish with the material after drying
W = Weight in gm of the empty dish
(Ref:- I.S 4333 ( Part II) : 1967 Methods of Analysis of food grains Part II
Moisture)
3.0 Determination of Uric acid
3.1 Principle
The method is based on the precipitation of proteins and treatment of protein

free filterate with uric acid and sodium cyanide and measuring the resultant blue
colour colorimetrically.
3.2 Apparatus
( a) Photo electric colorimeter/spectrophotometer

(b) Volumetric flask – 50 ml capacity
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3.3 Reagents
(a) Sodium Tungstate solution - 10 % (w/ v)

(b) Standard Sulphuric Acid solution – 0.667 N
(c) Benedicts Uric acid reagent – Dissolve 100 gm of pure Sodium Tungstate
in 600 ml water. Add 5 gm of Arsenic acid (As 2 O 3) followed by 25 ml
of 85% phosphoric acid and 20 ml of conc HCl. Boil the mixture for 20
minutes , cool and make volume upto 1 litre.
(d) Sodium Cyanide solution – 5 percent containing 2 ml of ammonia per
litre. This solution requires to be prepared fresh after about six weeks.
(e) Standard Uric acid solution (Benedicts) stock solution – Dissolve 9 gm of
Sodium dihydrogen phosphate in about 200 – 300 ml water. If the
solution is not clear, filter and make upto 500 ml with hot water. Weigh
200 mg of pure uric acid in 1 litre volumetric flask and add a few mls of
water to suspend the uric acid. Now add the solution made earlier and
shake till the uric acid dissolves completely. Cool, add 1.4 ml of glacial
acetic acid, dilute to mark and mix. Add 5 ml chloroform to prevent
bacterial growth. 5 ml of stock solution contains 1 mg uric acid.
(f) Working Standard uric acid solution – Dilute 50 ml of stock solution
containing 10 mg of uric acid with 400 ml distilled water in a 500 ml
volumetric flask. Add 25 ml dilute HCl ( 1+ 9). Make the solution upto
mark and mix. The working solution should be prepared from stock
solution which is more than 10 days old.
3.4 Procedure
Weigh 50 gm sample and grind it finely. Take between 4- 20 gm powder

expected to contain 1to 5 mg uric acid and suspend in 200 ml water. Allow the
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mixture to stand for 2 hours and then mix in a Waring blender for 10 minutes
and centrifuge at about 2000 r.p.m for 10 minutes. To 100 ml of clear
centrifugate add 10 ml Sodium tungstate solution and mix. Then add 10 ml
standard sulphuric acid solution to precipitate the proteins present in the extract.
Mix and allow to stand for 5 minutes and filter. Take an aliquot of the filterate
containing between 0.15-0.3 mg uric acid per 10 ml filterate in the 50 ml
volumetric flask and add 5 ml of sodium cyanide solution followed by1 ml of
Benedicts uric acid reagent. Shake gently and make upto mark with distilled
water.
Take 10 ml of standard uric acid solution containing 0.2 mg of uric acid in a 50

ml flask, add 5 ml of sodium cyanide followed by 1 ml of Benedicts uric acid
reagent. Dilute to mark after 5 minutes and determine the intensity of colour in a
photoelectric colorimeter using a 520 nm filter.
A parallel test using the same quantity of good uninfested sample as the sample
under test should be run as a control.
( Ref : I.S 4333 ( Part 5 ) 1970 – Methods of Analysis for Food grains Part 5 –
Determination of Uric acid / I S I Hand book of Food Analysis, Part 4, page 84)
4.0 Test for presence of Ergot in Food grains
4.1 Reagents
( a) Petroleum ether – 40 – 60 0 C
(b) Solvent ether
( c) Dilute Ammonia 10 % ( v/ v)
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(d)Tartaric acid solution – 1 % ( freshly prepared)

(e) p-dimethyl amino benzaldehyde (PDAB) – Dissolve 0.125 gm of PDAB in
a cold mixture of 65 ml of conc Sulphuric acid and 35 ml of distilled water.
Add 0.1 ml of 5 % Ferric chloride solution and let it stand for 24 hours
before use.
4.2 Apparatus
(a) Grinding mill
(b) Electric shaker
4.3 Procedure
Grind about 50 gm of sample in the grinding mill to a fine powder. Take 10 gm

of powdered sample in a stoppered conical flask. Add sufficient petroleum ether
and shake for half an hour in the electric shaker. Allow to settle and decant off
the petroleum ether. Dry the material in air. Add to the material 8 ml of dilute
ammonia and sufficient quantity of solvent ether. Again shake for ½ hour. Filter
ether portion in a beaker and concentrate to a small volume. Add 2 ml of tartaric
acid solution to the beaker and shake thoroughly .Mix 1 ml of this tartaric acid –
sample solution with 1 or 2 ml of p-dimethyl benzaldehyde solution. The
appearance of blue colour indicates presence of Ergot.
( Ref :- I.S 8184 :1976 Method of determination of Ergot in Foodgrains / I.S.I.

Handbook of Food Analysis ( Part IV) page 85)
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5.0 Determination of Hydrocyanic acid in Beans
5.1 Principle
The glucosides are hydrolysed and the liberated Hydrocyanic acid steam
distilled and titrated with Silver Nitrate in an ammoniacal medium in the
presence of potassium iodide, the hydrocyanic acid forming the soluble complex
Ag(CN)2. The end point of the titration is characterized by the appearance of
permanent turbidity due to precipitation of silver iodide.
5.2 Apparatus
(a) Mechanical grinding mill

(b) Sieve with 1 mm aperture
(c) Balance
(d) Volumetric flask 250 ml
(e) Pipette 100 ml
(f) Steam Distillation apparatus
5.3 Reagents
(a) Ammonia solution – Approx – 6 N prepared by diluting concentrated

ammonia solution ( 0.9 gm/ ml) with an equal volume of water.
(b)Potassium Iodide solution - 5%
(c ) Standard Silver Nitrate solution – 0.02 M
5.4 Procedure
Grind a small quantity of the sample and reject it. Then grind adequate quantity
of the remaining sample to pass through 1.0 mm sieve. Weigh 20 gm of ground
sample, transfer to 1 litre distillation flask or 800 ml Kjeldahl flask, add 200 ml
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water and let stand for 2 hours. Autolysis should be conducted with apparatus
completely connected for distillation. Steam distill, collect 150- 160 ml distillate
in NaOH solution ( 0.5 gm in 20 ml water) and dilute to definite volume i.e 250
ml.. Take 100 ml, add 8 ml of 6 M NaOH and 2 ml of Potassium iodide solution
and titrate with 0.02 M AgNO3 until permanent turbidity appears. For easy
recognition of the end point of titration it is recommended that a black back
ground be used.
5.5 Calculation
1 ml 0.02 M Silver Nitrate = 1.08 mg of HCN
(Ref: A.O.A.C 17th edn Official method 915. 03 Hydrocyanic acid in Beans /
I..S 11535:1986 / I. S. O 2164- !975 Method of test for determination of
glycosidic hydrocyanic acid in pulses)
6.0 Determination of Aflatoxin – Refer to separate publication on Mycotoxins
7.0 Determination of Deoxynivalenol (DON) – Refer to separate publication

on Mycotoxins
8.0 ATTA ( WHEAT )
8.1 Preparation of sample
Invert and roll container several times to ensure homogeneous mixture. Avoid
extreme temperatures and humidities while opening containers for analysis.
Keep sample in a closed container
( Ref : A.O.A.C 17th edn,2000, Official method 925. 08 Sampling of flour)
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8.2 Determination of Moisture
Weigh accurately about 5 gm of sample in a previously dried and tared dish and
place the dish with its lid underneath in the oven maintained at 130 – 133 0 C for
2 hours. The time should be reckoned from the moment the oven attains 130 0 C
after the dishes have been placed. Remove the dish after 2 hours, cool in the
dessicator and weigh
8.2.1 Calculation
Moisture percent = (W1- W2) x 100
W1- W
Where
W1 = Weight in gm of the dish with the material before drying
W2 = Weight in gm of the dish with the material after drying
W = Weight in gm of the empty dish
( Ref :- I.S 1155: 1968 Specification for Wheat Atta / I.S.I Hand book of Food
Analysis ( Part IV) page 114)
8.3 Determination of Total Ash
Ignite the dried material in the dish left after the determination of moisture with
the flame of a burner till charred. Transfer to a muffle furnace maintained at
550 – 600 0 C and continue ignition till grey ash is obtained. Cool in a dessicator
and weigh. Repeat the process of heating, cooling and weighing at half hour
interval till the difference in weight in two consecutive weighings is less than 1
mg. Note the lowest weight.
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8.3.1 Calculation
Total ash on dry basis percent = ( W2 – W) X100

by weight. W1 – W
Where
W2 = Weight in gm of the dish with the ash
W = Weight in gm of empty dish
W1 = Weight in gm of the dish with the dried material taken for test
Analysis ( Part IV) page 114 / A,O,A,C 17th edn Official method 923.03 Ash of
flour)
8.4 Determination of ash insoluble in dil HCl
8.4.1 Reagents
(a) Dilute HCl – Approx 5 N
8.4.2 Procedure
To the ash contained in the dish, add 25 ml of dil HCl, cover with a watch
glass and heat on a water bath for 10 minutes. Allow to cool and filter the
contents of the dish through Whatman filter paper No 42 or its equivalent. Wash
the filter paper with water until the washings are free from acid and return it to
the dish. Keep it in the electric oven for 3 hrs to dry. Ignite in a muffle furnace
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at 550 – 600 C till white or grey ash is obtained. Cool in a dessicator and
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weigh. Repeat the process of igniting, cooling and weighing till the difference
in two consecutive weighings is less than 1 mg. Note the lowest weight.
8.4.3 Calculation
Ash insoluble in dil HCl = ( W2 – W ) x 100

on dry wt basis W1 – W
where
W2 = weight in gm of dish with the acid insoluble ash
W =Weight in gm of empty dish
W1 =Weight in gm of the dish with the dried material.
8.5 Determination of Gluten
8.5.1 Procedure
Weigh 25 gm sample into a dish and add about 15 ml of water to it and make it
into a dough taking care that all the material is taken into the dough. Keep the
dough gently in a beaker filled with water and let it stand for 1 hour. Remove
the dough and place it in a piece of bolting silk cloth with an aperture of 0.16
mm ( No, 10 XXX) and wash it with a gentle stream of water till water passing
through the silk does not give a blue colour with a drop of iodine solution.
Spread the silk tight on a porcelain plate to facilitate scraping. Collect the
residue to form a ball, squeeze in the palms to remove excess water, transfer to a
watch glass or petri dish and and keep it in the oven at 105 1 0 C for drying.
When partially dried, remove and cut into several pieces with a scissor and
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again keep in the oven to dry. Cool in a dessicator and weigh. Return it to the
oven again for half hour, cool and weigh to ensure constant weight.
8. 5.2 Calculation
Gluten on dry wt basis = wt of dry gluten X 100 X 100

25 X (100 – Moisture content)
( Ref : I.S.1155 : 1968 Specification for Wheat Atta / I.S.I. Hand book of Food
8.6 Determination of alcoholic acidity
8.6.1 Reagents
(a) Neutral Ethyl alcohol – 90% (v/ v)

(b)Standard Sodium Hydroxide solution – approx 0.05 N
(c)Phenolpthalein Indicator – Dissolve 0.1 gm in 100 ml of 60 % Ethyl alcohol.
8.6.2 Procedure
Weigh 5 gm of sample in a stoppered conical flask and add 50 ml of

neutral ethyl alcohol. Stopper, swirl gently and allow to stand for 24 hours with
occasional swirling. Filter the alcoholic extract through a dry filter paper.
Titrate10 ml of the alcoholic extract with standard sodium hydroxide solution to
a pink end point using phenolpthalein as indicator
8.6.3 Calculation
Alcoholic acidity with 90 % alcohol calculated

as H2 S O4 on dry basis = Vol of titre x .00245 x 50x 100 x 100
10 x 5 x ( 100 – moisture content)
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( Ref : I.S.1155 : 1968 Specification for Wheat Atta / I.S.I. Hand book of
Food Analysis ( Part IV) page 116).
8.7 Determination of Calcium Carbonate in Fortified Atta
8.7.1 Principle
Calcium is precipitated as the insoluble oxalate from ammoniacal solution,

precipitae is dissolved in dilute sulphuric acid and titrated with Potassium
permanganate until pink colour appears.
8.7.2 Procedure
Ash approximately 5 gm of sample at 550 0C. Wash the ash into 250 ml beaker
with 40 ml conc HCl and 60 ml water. Add 3 drops conc Nitric acid and boil
for 30 minutes. Cool and transfer to a 250 ml volumetric flask. Make upto
mark , mix and filter. Pipette a volume of the filterate containing 10 – 40 mg of
calcium in a 250 ml beaker. Add 1 ml of 30 % citric acid solution and 5 ml of
5% Ammonium chloride solution. Make upto approximately 100 ml with water
and bring to boil .Add 10 drops of bromo cresol green solution( 0.04 %) and 30
ml of warm saturated ammonium oxalate solution. If a precipitate forms
dissolve it by adding a few drops of conc HCl. Neutralise very slowly with
ammonia solution ( 0.88), stirring continuosly until indicator changes colour at
pH 4.4- 4.6. Place beaker on steam bath for 30 minutes. Remove the beaker and
after 1 hour filter through a fine sintered glass crucible or No 42 filter paper.
Thoroughly wash the beaker and crucible/ filter paper and dissolve the ppt by
passing through 50 ml of warm 10 % sulphuric acid.. Rinse the crucible/ filter
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paper and make up the filterate to about 100 ml with water. Heat the filterate to
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70 – 80 C and titrate with 0.02 N Potassium permanganate solution until a
pink colour persists..
1 ml of 0.02 N Potassium permanganate = 2.004 mg Ca.
( Ref : - Pearson’s Composition and Analysis of Foods 9th edn, page 33)
8. 8 Determination of Total protein in Protein Rich Atta
8.8.1 Principle
The protein content is determined from the organic Nitrogen content by

Kjeldahl method. The various nitrogenous compounds are converted into
ammonium sulphate by boiling with concentrated sulphuric acid. The
ammonium sulphate formed is decomposed with an alkali (NaOH) and the
ammonia liberated is absorbed in excess of standard solution of acid and then
back titrated with standard alkali.
8.8.2 Apparatus
a. Kjeldahl digestion flask - 500 or 800 ml

b. Kjeldahl distillation apparatus, - same digestion flask fitted with rubber
stopper through which passes lower end of efficient rubber bulb or trap to
prevent mechanical carry over of NaOH during distillation or apparatus as
shown below
c. Conical flask, 250 ml
d. Burette 50 ml.
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8.8.3 Reagents
a Concentrated Sulphuric acid - sp gr 1.84

b. Sodium Hydroxide solution - 45% . Dissolve 450 gm of Sodium Hydroxide
in 1000 ml water
c. Standard Sulphuric acid solution – 0.1 N
d Standard Sodium Hydroxide solution – 0.1 N
e. Methyl Red Indicator solution - Dissolve 0.5 gm methyl red in 100 ml of
alcohol
8.8.4 Procedure
Weigh quickly about 1-2 g of the sample and transfer to a 500 or 800 ml
Kjeldahl flask taking care to see that no portion of the sample clings to the neck
of the flask. Add 0.7 gm of Mercuric oxide, 15 gm of Potassium Sulphate and
40 ml of concentrated sulphuric acid. Add two to three glass beads. Place the
flask in an inclined position on the stand in the digestion chamber and digest.
Heat the flask gently at low flame until the initial frothing ceases and the
mixture boils steadily at a moderate rate. During heating rotate the flask several
times. Continue heating for about an hour or more until the colour of the digest
is pale blue. Cool the digest and add slowly 200 ml of water. Cool, add a piece
of granulated Zinc or anti bump granules and carefully pour down the side of
the flask sufficient Sod. Hydroxide solution (450gm/ litre) to make the contents
strongly alkaline ( about 110 ml) before mixing the acid and alkaline layer.
Connect the flask to a distillation apparatus incorporating an efficient flash
head and condenser. To the condenser fit a delivery tube which dips just below
the surface of the pipetted volume of standard acid contained in a conical flask
receiver. Mix the contents of the digestion flask and boil until 150 ml have
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distilled into the receiver. Add 5 drops of methyl red indicator and titrate with
0.1 N Sod. Hydroxide solution. Carry out a blank titration.
1 ml of 0 .1 N H2 S O 4 = 0.0014gm N.
Calculate protein as N x 6.25
Protein on dry wt basis = Protein content x 100

(100 – Moisture content)
(Ref : Pearsons Composition and Analysis of Foods, 9th edn, page 17.)
8.9 Determination of Crude fibre
8.9.1 Reagents
(a) Dilute Sulphuric acid – 1.25 percent (w / v) accurately prepared

(b) Sodium Hydroxide solution - 1.25 percent ( w / v) accurately prepared
(c) Ethyl alcohol – 95 percent by volume
8.9.2 Procedure
Weigh accurately about 2.5 - 3 gm sample and transfer to an extraction

apparatus (Soxhlet extractor) and extract with petroleum ether.. Air dry the
extracted sample and transfer to a dry 1 litre conical flask. Take 200 ml of
sulphuric acid in a beaker and bring it to boil. Transfer the whole of the boiling
acid to the flask containing the defatted material and immediately connect the
flask with a water cooled reflux condenser and heat so that the contents of the
flask begin to boil within 1 minute. Rotate the flask frequently taking care to
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keep the material from remaining on the sides of the flask and out of contact
with the acid. Continue boiling for exactly 30 minutes. Remove the flask and
filter through fine linen ( about 18 threads to a cm) held in a funnel and wash
with boiling water until the washings are no longer acid to litmus. Bring to boil
some quantity of sodium hydroxide solution . Wash the residue on the linen into
the flask with 200 ml of boiling sodium hydroxide solution. Immediately
connect the flask to the reflux condenser and boil for exactly 30 minutes.
Remove the flask and immediately filter through the filtering cloth. Thoroughly
wash the residue with boiling water and transfer to a gooch crucible prepared
with a thin compact layer of ignited asbestos.. Wash the residue thoroughly first
with hot water and then with about 15 ml of ethyl alcohol. Dry the gooch
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crucible and contents at 105 2 C in an air oven until constant weight is
achieved.. Cool and weigh. Incinerate the contents of the gooch crucible in a
muffle furnace until all carbonaceous matter is burnt. Cool the gooch crucible
containing ash in a dessicator and weigh
8.9.3 Calculation
Crude fibre percent by wt = (W 1 – W2 ) x100

W
Where
W1 = wt in gm of gooch crucible and contents before ashing
W2 = wt in gm of gooch crucible containing asbestos and ash
W = Wt in gm of the dried material taken for the test
Calculate crude fibre on dry wt basis by giving correction for the moisture
content
( Ref : I.S 1155 : 1968 Specification for Wheat Atta / I.S.I Handbook of Food
Analysis ( Part IV) – 1984 page 115)
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9.0 MAIDA, FORTIFIED MAIDA, PROTEIN RICH MAIDA

Follow methods of analysis prescribed for Atta, fortified atta and protein
rich atta
9.1 Determination of Thiamine and Riboflavin in Fortified Maida
Refer to separate publication
10.0 SEMOLINA ( SUJI)
10.1 Preparation of sample for determination of Gluten
Grind the sample in a pestle and mortar or in a suitable grinding mill to a fine
powder to pass through I. S 150 micron sieve, ( aperture size 0.16 mm). Use this
prepared sample for determination of gluten. For the remaining tests follow
methods of analysis prescribed for Atta.
( Ref : I.S I Hand book of Food Analysis ( Part IV) – 1984 page 118 )
11.0 DETECTION OF KESARI DAL POWDER (LATHYRUS SATIVUS )

IN BESAN
11.1 Principle
The presence of kesari dal powder is detected on the basis of the presence of an
unusual amino acid namely beta –N - oxalyl L amino alaline which is not
present in the seeds of other legumes
11.2 Apparatus
(a) Steam bath/ water bath
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(b) Air Oven

(c) Chromatographic paper Whatman No1
11.3 Regents
(a) Ethyl alcohol 70 percent
(b) Isoproponol solution – 10 percent
(c) Liquified Distilled Phenol- water solution - (4: 1)
(d) Ninhydrin solution – 0.1 percent in acetone or ethanol
(e) Buffer – Pyridine : Acetic acid : water ( 0.5: 5 : 95) pH 3.60
11.4 Procedure
Weigh approximately 5 gm powdered sample and extract it with100 ml ethyl
alcohol (70 percent) by keeping overnight, with occasional shaking.. Filter the
extract and evaporate to dryness on a steam / water bath. Extract the residue
with 10 ml of isoproponol solution, filter and use this solution for
chromatography. Spot 20 µl of the extract using a haemoglobin pipette or
capillary tube at a distance of 1 cm from the bottom of the chromatographic
filter paper. Keep in a solvent chamber saturated with phenol – water solution
overnight. Remove from the chamber, dry filter paper in a current of air at room
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temperature for 4-5 hours or in an oven at 80 C for 1 hour and spray with
ninhydrin solution. Dry the chromatogram in the oven for 15 minutes. The
appearance of bluish – purple spot at about Rf value 0.1 shows presence of
BOAA which is present only in Lathrus sativus. Other proteins extracted
simultaneously also give similar colour but at different Rf values. Always run
known sample of kesari dal powder simultaneously and compare the spot of
control with sample under test.
The presence of Kesari dal powder can also be tested by electrophoresis
( Ref : I.S.I Handbook of Food Analysis ( Part IV) – 1984 Page121)
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12.0 DETERMINATION OF TALC iN RICE AND PULSES
12.1 Principle
The talc is floated off, filtered , digested, ignited and weighed.
12.2Reagents
(a) 10 percent Ammonia solution

(b) 3 percent Hydrogen peroxide
(c) Hydrochloric- chromic acid mixture – Carefully dissolve 10 gm of
Chromium Trioxide in 100 ml of water and add to 900 ml of concentrated
Hydrochloric acid
12.3 Procedure
Shake 20 gm of sample with the dilute ammonia and dilute hydrogen peroxide
solutions. Heat to about 60 0 C so that the gas formed causes the particles of talc
to come away from the surface. Decant off the liquid containing talc, wash the
grains several times with water and add these washings to the decanted liquid.
Heat the liquor with the Hydrochloric- Chromic acid mixture to oxidize
suspended meal, filter off the talc, wash, ignite and weigh.
In unpolished rice this talc residue does not normally exceed 0.025 %
(Ref : F.A.O Manuals of Food Quality Control 14 /8, page 200 )
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13.0 MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF CEREAL STARCHES
13.1Apparatus
(a) Microscope – with an eye piece micrometer calibrated with a slide

micrometer and having a magnification of 300 – 500
(b) Microscopic slides
(c) Cover slips.- circular or square
13.2 Procedure
Take a small quantity of the sample (1 gm or less ) in a test tube or beaker

and add about 50 ml water. Stir the contents with the help of glass rod to break
up granules and lumps if any. Let it stand for a few minutes. Place a drop of the
suspension on a microscopic glass slide and press a cover slip on the drop of
suspension taking care that no air is trapped between the slide and cover slip.
Remove excess liquid on the slide with a piece of blotting paper. Examine the
slide under the microscope.
( Ref : - I.S :4706 ( Part I ) 1978 Methods of test for edible starches and starch
products)
13.3 Wheat starch
The small grains vary from 2 µ to 8 µ in diameter averaging about 6 -7 µ. They

are rounded or oval in outline, seldom polygonal or pointed. The large grains in
surface view appear sometime rounded, sometime slightly irregular or oval but
when touching the cover slip with the needle they are made to present their
edges to the observer, they are seen to be flattened or lenticular in shape. They
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seldom exhibit concentric striae or evident hilum The photomicrograph is

shown below.
Wheat Starch
13.4 Barley starch
Barley starch consists of a mixture of large and small grains with a few of
intermediate size. They are rather smaller than the grains of wheat starch, and
are also distinguished by their outline which is less regular and bears
protuberances. In surface view the large grains are seldom round, they are more
often slightly elongated or elliptical, sometimes reniform, bulb or pear – shaped.
In diameter they vary from 20 µ to 35 µ, many being between 20 and 25 µ.
They have no apparent hilum but some of them exhibit concentric striations.
The grains of medium size vary from 10 to 15 µ in diameter, the smaller ones
are about the same as those of wheat starch or rye starch. The photo micrograph
is shown below.
Barley Starch
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13.5 Maize Starch
The grains of maize starch exhibit a certain difference in shape depending

whether they are derived from the mealy portion of the endosperm or from the
translucent horny portion.. Those from the center of the grain having been
subjected to less degree of mutual pressure are irregularly rounded in shape, or
at least not markedly angular, some are nearly round, others are elongated, oval
or pear shaped. The hilum is always rather large and conspicuous and grains
measure between 10 µ to 25 µ in diameter, the average being about 13 µ – 15 µ
The grains from the horny part of the endosperm exhibit an angular contour due
to the mutual pressure to which they have been subjected. Their appearance
under the microscope varies considerably according to the position in which
they lie.. They are easily recognized by their regular shape, angular outline,
more or less uniform size and by presence of distinct hilum which is sometime
rounded , but more often fissured and stellate. The diameter of these grains
average from 14 µ to 15 µ but may sometime reach 25 or 26µ. The
photomicrograph is given below
Maize Starch
13.6 Rice Starch
It consists of both simple and compound grains. The simple grains are
tolerably uniform in size and shape and range from 4 µ to 6 µ, sometime
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reaching 8 µ and are generally angular. The compound grains are ovoid or
rounded in shape but vary very much in size according to the number of
constituent grains that they contain.. The starch closely resembles oat starch.
When treated with water the compound grains are readily dissociated in their
constituent grains and normally the former are seldom found in the rice starch of
commerce. The photo micrograph is given below.
Rice Starch
13.7 Tapioca Starch
Tapioca starch is obtained from Cassava starch ( Manihot utilissima) and

other species of manihot by heating and stirring the moist starch until it
agglutinates into a little irregular and rugged mass which is known in
commerce as tapioca.
The grains of Cassava are originally compound, consisting of two, three

or four component grains and are occasionally found intact. Most of them
however have been separated from their component grains.. They are seldom
quite round. Most of them exhibit one or two flat surfaces where other of the
constituents of the compound grains have been attached and are in consequence
muller shaped, cap shaped or shortly conical curved on one side and irregular on
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the other, some are even polygonal. The majority possess a distinct rounded
linear or stellate hilum and delicate concentric striations. The largest measure 25
µ to 35 µ in length the smallest 3 µ to 15 µ, many range from 15µ to 25 µ.
The granules of Tapioca soften when soaked in water for a few hours and
preserve their original shape and exhibit a distinct hilum. In many the hilum is
stellately fissured, in others the central part of the grain is a translucent mass but
the outline is still recognizable, whilst finally many have swollen into a
shapeless unrecognizable mass. These are the various stages of gelatinisation of
the starch by heat in the presence of moisture. The photomicrographs of
Cassava starch and tapioca starch are given below
Tapioca Starch
13.8 Arrowroot starch
Arrow root starch is obtained from the roots of Maranta arundinacea and
other species of Maranta. The different varieties are distinguished by their
geographical origin. The starch grains are simple and rather large. They are
irregular in shape, being rounded, ovoid, pear shaped or sometime almost
triangular, the smallest ones are nearly spherical. The largest bear several fine
concentric striations and a conspicuous rounded linear or stellate eccentric
hilum. The grains average about 30 - 40 µ or even 75 µ as for instance in
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Bermuda arrowroot the smallest grains vary from 7 – 15 µ.. The

photomicrograph is given below.
Arrowroot starch
( Ref :- F.A.O Manuals of Food Quality Control, 14 / 8, pages 204 – 215)
14.0 BISCUITS
14.1TYPES OF BISCUITS
Biscuits come in different varieties depending on their sensory qualities. They

are classified as Sweet, Semisweet, Crackers, Cookies and speciality biscuits
Biscuits are highly hygroscopic and take up moisture quickly when

exposed to atmosphere. The preparation of sample should be done very quickly
preferably in a dry place Grind the sample as quickly as possible after removing
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the cream, caramel, chocolate, marshmallow, jam, jelly, or any other filling
between the biscuits etc. The coating if any should also be removed by gentle
scraping before powdering the sample. Store the powdered material in a dry
airtight glass container.
(Ref :- I.S 12741 – 1989 Bakery products – Methods of sampling)
14.3 Determination of moisture
14.3.1 Apparatus.
Moisture dish – Porcelain, silica, glass or Aluminium. (7.5 x 2.5 cm.)

Oven: electric maintained at 105 + 10C
Desiccator.
14.3.2 Procedure
Weigh accurately about 5 gm of the sample in the moisture dish previously

dried in an oven and weighed. Place the dish in the oven maintained at 105 +
10C for four hours. Cool in the desiccator and weigh. Repeat the process of
drying, cooling, and weighing at 30 minutes interval until the difference in
two consecutive weighings is less than 1 mg. Record the lowest weight.
14.3.3 Calculation:
Moisture percent by weight = 100(w1-w2)

w1 - w
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Where,
w1 = weight in gm. of the dish with material before drying.
w2 = weight in gm. of dish with material after drying to constant weight.
w = weight in gm of the empty dish
( Ref :- I.S. 1011 – 1992 Biscuits – Specification)
14.4 Determination of Acid Insoluble ash
14.4.1 Apparatus
(a) Dish - silica or porcelain - platinum dish should be preferred.

(b) Muffle furnace – maintained at 550 + 200C
(c) Water bath
(d) Desiccator
14.4.2 Reagents
Dilute Hydrochloric acid – approx. 5 N, or 1:2.5 HCl prepared from

concentrated hydrochloric acid.
14.4.3 Procedure
Weigh accurately about 20 gm of the biscuit powder in the dish and incinerate
first on hot plate and then ash in the muffle furnace at 550 + 200C until light
grey ash is obtained.
Remove the dish from the furnace and allow it to cool at room temperature.
Add 25ml. of the hydrochloric acid to the dish, cover with a watch-glass and
heat on the water-bath for 10 minutes. Mix the contents with the tip of a glass
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rod and filter through Whatman filter paper no. 42 or its equivalent. Wash the
filter paper with water until the washings are free from acid when tested with
blue litmus paper Return the washed filter paper to the dish for ashing in the
muffle furnace as above. Cool the dish in a desiccator and weigh. Again ignite
the dish for half an hour in the furnace, cool and weight. Repeat this operation
until the difference between successive weighing is less than 1 mg. Filter 25 ml.
of the hydrochloric acid through a blank filter paper, wash, ash and weigh it as
in the case of acid insoluble ash. Subtract its weight from the weight of the
insoluble ash of the sample.
14.4.4 Calculation
Acid insoluble ash, percent by weight
A = 100 (w1-w)
w2
Where,
W1 = weight in gm of the dish containing acid insoluble ash.
W = weight in gm of the empty dish in which the sample is taken for
ashing, and
W2 = weight in gm of the sample.
NOTE: Correct the acid insoluble ash weight for the blank of filter paper,
if any.
Acid insoluble ash, percent by
Weight (dry basis) = (A x 100)
100-M
Where,
A = acid insoluble ash, percent by weight, and
M = percentage of moisture in the biscuit.
(Ref :- I.S. 1011 : 1992 Biscuits – Specification)
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14.4 Determination of acidity of extracted fat
14.5.1 Apparatus.
Soxhlet Apparatus – with a 250 ml. flat bottom flask.
14.5.2 Reagents.
(a) Petroleum Ether – Boiling point 40 to 800C

(b) Benzene- Alcohol–Phenophthalein Stock solution – To One
litre of distilled benzene add one litre of alcohol or rectified
sprit and 0.4 gm of phenophthalein. Mix the contents well.
(c) Standard potassium hydroxide solution – 0.05 N.
14.5.3 Procedure
Weigh accurately sufficient amount. of biscuit powder ( 20 – 25 gms)

which will yield 3- 4 gm of fat and transfer it to a thimble and plug it
from the top with extracted cotton and filter paper. In case of filled and
coated biscuits the weight of the biscuits includes the filling and coating
material. Dry the thimble with the contents for 15 to 30 minutes at 1000C
in an oven. Take the weight of empty dry soxhlet flask. Extract the fat in
the soxhlet apparatus for 3 to 4 hours and evaporate off the solvent in the
flask on a water bath. Remove the traces of the residual solvent by
keeping the flask in the hot air oven for about half an hour.. Cool the
flask. Weigh accurately about 3.0 gm of extracted fat in a 250 ml conical
flask and add 50 ml. of mixed benzene-alcohol-phenolphthalein reagent
and titrate the contents to a distinct pink color with the potassium
hydroxide solution taken in a 10 ml. micro burette. If the contents of the
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flask became cloudy, during titration add another 50 ml of the reagent

and continue titration. Make a blank titration with 50 ml. of the reagent.
Subtract from the titer of the fat, the blank titer.
14.5.4 Calculation
Acidity of extracted fat (as oleic acid)

Percent by weight = 1.41xV
W1-w
Where,
V = Volume of 0.05N potassium hydroxide solution used in titration after
subtracting the blank.
W1 = weight in gm of soxhlet flask containing fat.
W = weight in gm of the empty soxhlet flask.
( Ref :- I.S 1011 : 1992 Biscuits – Specification)
15.0 BREAD
Cut the sample into small pieces and mix together so as to form a composite
sample and transfer to a clean dry airtight glass container.
(Ref :- I.S 12711 :1989 Bakery products – Methods of Analysis).
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15.2 Determination of Moisture.
15.2.1 Apparatus
(a) Moisture dish – made of porcelain, silica, aluminium, stainless

steel ( 7.5x 2.5 cm)
(b) Oven, electrical maintained at 105 20C
(c) Dessicator
15.2.2 Procedure
Weigh accurately about 5 gm of the prepared sample in a moisture dish

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previously dried in the oven at 105 C. Place the dish in the oven
maintained at 105 2 0 C for 4 hours. Cool in a dessicator and weigh.
Repeat this process of heating, cooling, weighing till the difference
between two consecutive weighing is less than 1 mg. From the loss in
mass, calculate the percentage of moisture.
15.2.3 Calculation
Moisture percent by weight = 100(w1-w2)

(w1-w)
W1 = weight in gm. of dish with material before drying.
W2 = weight in gm. of dish with material after drying to constant weight.
W = weight in gm. of empty dish.
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15.3. Determination of Alcoholic acidity
15.3.1 Reagents
(a) Neutral Alcohol 90 % (v/v).

(b) Standard NaOH solution – 0.05 N.
( c) Phenolphthalein solution – 1% solution in ethyl alcohol
15.3.2 Procedure
Weigh about 5.0 gm of dried sample into a stoppered conical flask and
add 50 ml of 90% neutral alcohol. previously neutralized against
phenolphthalein. Stopper, shake and allow to stand for 24 hours, with
occasional shaking. Filter the alcoholic extract, through a dry filter paper.
Titrate the combined alcoholic extract against 0.05 N standard sodium
hydroxide solution using Phenolphthalein as an indicator.
15.3.3 Calculation
No. of ml. of 1N NaOH required for neutralization of 100 gm of sample

= Titer x Normality of NaOH x 100
Wt. of the sample taken
(Ref :- I.S 12711 : 1989 Bakery Products – Methods of Analysis)
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15.4. Determination of Acid Insoluble Ash
15.4.1 Apparatus
(a) Platinum dish or Silica dish

(b) Water bath
(c) Dessicator
(d) Muffle Furnace
15.4.2 Reagent
(a) Dilute hydrochloric acid – 5N, or 1:2.5 HCl prepared from

concentrated hydrochloric acid.
15.4.3 Procedure
Weigh accurately about 5 gm of the prepared sample in a tared clean and

dry dish. Ignite the material in the dish with the flame of suitable burner
for about an hour. Complete the ignition by keeping in a muffle furnace at
temperature between 550 + 100C until grey ash is obtained.. Cool in the
desiccator and weigh. Repeat the process of igniting, cooling and
weighing at one hour interval until the difference between two successive
weighings is less than 1 mg.
To the ash contained in the dish, add 25 ml. of dilute hydrochloric acid,
cover with a watch-glass and heat on a water bath for 10 minutes. Allow
to cool and filter the contents of the dish through Whatman filter paper
No. 42 or its equivalent. Wash the filter paper with water until the
washings are free from the acid. Return the filter paper and residue to the
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dish. Keep it in an electric air oven and heat till it gets dried. Ignite the
contents of the dish over a burner till it gets completely charred.
Complete the ignition by transferring the dish to the muffle furnace
maintained at 550 + 100C until grey ash is obtained... Cool the dish in
desiccator and weigh.. Heat the dish again in the furnace for 30 minutes.
Cool in the dessicator and weigh. Repeat the process of heating for 30
minutes, cooling, weighing until the difference between the two
successive weighing is less than one milligram. Record the lowest mass.
15.4.4 Calculation.
Acid insoluble ash, percentage by weight

A = 100 (w1-w)
w2
Where,
W1 = weight in gm of the dish containing acid insoluble ash.
W = weight in gm of the empty dish in which the sample is taken for
ashing, and
W2 = weight in gm of the sample
NOTE: Correct the acid insoluble ash weight for the blank of filter paper, if
any.
Acid insoluble ash,
percent by weight ( on dry basis) = (A x 100)
100-M
Where,
A = acid insoluble ash, percentage by weight, and
M = percentage of moisture in the bread
( Ref : - I.S 12711 : 1989 Bakery Products – Methods of Analysis)
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15.5 Determination of Non –Fat Milk Solids in Milk Bread
15.5.1 Principle
The method is a colorimetric one for estimation of non fat milk solids in bread
based on the orotic acid (2, 6 dihydroxy pyrimidine- 4 carboxylic acid) content.
The mean orotic acid content of non fat milk solids is 62.5 mg / 100 gm ( range
48.0 – 74.5 mg / 100 gm)
15.5.2 Apparatus
(a) Air oven

(b) Homogeniser
(c) Pipettes 5, 10 and 25 ml
(d) Glass stoppered test tubes
(e) Volumetric flasks 10, 50, 100, 500 ml capacity
(f) Water bath
(g) colorimeter
15.5.3 Reagents
(a) Zinc sulphate 23 % (w / v)
(b) Potassium Hexacyanoferrate 15.0 % ( w / v)
(c) p- Dimethyl amino benzaldehyde in propanol 3 % ( w /v)
(d) Standard Orotic acid – Dissolve 50 mg orotic acid in a mixture of 1
ml of 0.88 ammonia and 10 ml water. Dilute to 500 ml with water.
Take 10 ml aliquot and dilute to100 ml with water. Further dilute 2.5,
5, 10, and 15 ml of this solution to 50 ml to produce solutions
containing 2.5, 5, 10,15 µg of orotic acid per 5 ml.
(e) Saturated Bromine water
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(f) Ascorbic acid solution 10 %

(g) n- Butyl acetate
(h) Anhydrous Sodium Sulphate.
15.5.4 Procedure
Weigh 5 gm of dried sample obtained after determination of moisture, transfer

to the homogeniser, add 100 ml water and mix at the maximum speed for 1
minute. Filter the supernatant liquid through a 15 cm Whatman filter paper No
541, rejecting the first 10 ml.. Only 5 ml is required for the determination.
Into a series of glass stoppered tubes, add by pipette5 ml of test solution
(containing 2 - 15 µg orotic acid), 5 ml of each of the standard orotic acid
solutions and 5 ml of water to act as a blank. Add to each tube 1.5 ml of
saturated bromine water and allow the mixture to stand at room temperature for
not more than 5 minutes. As the addition of bromine water is made to the series
of tubes, the times will vary slightly between each, the time of reaction is not
critical provided it is between 1 and 5 minute. Add 2 ml of 10 percent Ascorbic
acid solution to each tube and place the tubes in a water bath at 40 0 C for 5
minutes. Cool to room temperature, add to each tube 4 ml n butyl acetate and
shake vigorously for 15 seconds. Transfer the upper separated layers to dry test
tubes containing 1 gm anhydrous Sodium sulphate. Mix gently. Add another
gram of anhydrous Sodium sulphate. Mix gently and allow to separate. Transfer
the clear butyl acetate layer to 1 cm cell and measure the optical density at 461 -
462 nm against the blank.
15.5.5 Calculation
Draw a calibration graph of the standard orotic acid solution plotting the optical
density on the X – axis against the concentration of orotic acid on the Y – axis.
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Determine the orotic acid content in 5 ml of sample extract by interpolation of

the colorimetric reading on the calibration graph and hence the amount in the
dry sample. For converting to milk assume that skim milk powder contains 62.5
mg orotic acid per 100 gm.
( Ref :- I.S 12711 :1989 Bakery products – Methods of Analysis / Pearsons

Composition and Analysis of Foods 9th edn, page 316)
16. 0 CORN FLOUR, CORN FLAKES AND CUSTARD POWDER
16.1 Moisture
16.1.1 Procedure
Weigh accurately about 5 gm of sample in a previously dried and tared

aluminium or stainless steel dish (7.5 x 2. 5 cm with slip on cover) and place the
dish with its lid underneath in an oven maintained at 105 1 0 C for 5 hours. .
Remove the dish, cool in a dessicator and weigh with the lid on. Repeat the
process of heating, cooling and weighing at half hour intervals until the loss in
mass between two successive weighings is less than 1 mg. Record the lowest
weight.
16.1.2 Calculation
Moisture percent by wt = 100 X ( W1 – W2)

W1- W
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Where
W1 = wt in gm of dish with sample before drying.
W2 = wt in gm of the dish with the sample after drying.
W = wt in gm of empty dish.
Note :- In case of Corn Flakes grind the sample to a fine particle size before
taking sample for moisture test.
( Ref :- I.S.I. Handbook of Food Analysis ( Part IV) – 1984 page 154)
16. 2 Total Ash excluding Sodium Chloride
16. 2.1 Reagents
( a) Standard Silver Nitrate – 0.1 N

(b)Ammonium Thiocyanate solution - standardized against 0.1 N Silver Nitrate
solution
(c) Dilute Nitric Acid – 1 + 9 . To 900 ml of water add 100 ml of conc Nitric
acid
(d) Conc Nitric acid – 4+ 1 To 100 ml water add 400 ml cocn Nitric acid
(e) Ferric alum indicator solution – Saturated solution of ferric alum in water
16.2 2 Procedure
Ignite the dried sample left after determination of moisture in a muffle furnace
at 550 – 600 0 C till a grey ash is obtained. Cool in a dessicator and weigh. Heat
again in the muffle furnace for 30 minutes, cool and weigh again. Repeat this
process until the difference between two successive weighings does not exceed
1 mg. Record the lowest weight. This is the total ash on dry wt basis
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Dissolve the total ash in 25 ml of dilute Nitric acid (1+9). Filter through
Whatman filter paper No 1 collecting the filterate in a 100 ml volumetric flask.
Wash the contents thoroughly with hot water and make up the filterate to 100
ml. To 25 ml aliquot of the filterate add excess silver Nitrate solution ( 20 ml)
stirring well to flocculate the precipitate.. Filter and wash the ppt with water. To
the combined filterate add 5 ml of conc Nitric acid and 5 ml of ferric alum
indicator. Titrate the excess silver nitrate with standard ammonium thiocyanate
till a light brown colour persists...
16 2.3 Calculation
Total ash on dry wt basis = ( W 2 – W) X 100

W1 - W
Where W2 = Wt in gm of dish with the ash

W = wt in gm of empty dish.
W1 = Wt in gm of dish with dried sample
Sodium Chloride on dry basis = ( V1 N1 – V2 N2) X 5.85 X V3

W1 – W V4
Where V1 = vol of standard silver nitrate added initially.

N1 = Normality of silver nitrate solution
V2 = Vol of standard ammonium thiocyanate used for titrating excess
silver nitrate
N2 = Normality of standard ammonium thiocyanate solution.
W1 = wt in gm of dish with sample
W = wt in gm of empty dish
V3 = volume in ml to which the filterate was made up
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V4 = Volume in ml of the aliquot taken for titration.
Total ash excluding sodium chloride = Total ash on dry wt basis – Sodium
chloride on dry wt basis .
( Ref : - I.S.I Hand book of Food Analysis ( Part IV) – 1984 page 154)
17. 0 MALTED MILK FOOD
17. 1 Determination of Solubility
17.1.1 Principle
The sample is shaken with water and the total solids of the suspension
determined before and after centrifuging. The amount of powder remaining in
suspension after centrifuging expressed as a percentage of the total amount in
suspension is taken as the measure of solubility.
17.1. 2 Procedure
17.1.3 Reconstitution of Malted Milk Food
Weigh accurately 4 g of the material into a 50 ml boiling tube, and add 32

ml of water warmed at 50 + 1oC. Shake the tube for 10 seconds. Place the tube
in a water bath maintained at 50 + 1oC for 5 minutes and shake the tube for one
minute.
Fill the reconstituted milk into a 25 ml centrifuge tube and centrifuge for
10 minutes at 2000 rpm with a radius of 17 cm (giving a force of 770 g). Cool in
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a refrigerator or in ice until the fat solidifies (taking care that milk does not
freeze). Remove the fat layer with spoon shaped spatula. Bring the milk to
room temperature( 27 + loC ). Break up the deposit with a glass rod. Cork the
tube and shake vigorously until the liquid is homogenous.
17.1.4 Determination of Total Solids
Weigh 2 ml of homogenous liquid in a previously dried aluminium dish

provided with a tight fitting lid (No. 1). Centrifuge the tube for 10 min. Without
disturbing the sediment, pipette 2 ml of the supernatant into a second dish (No.
2) and weigh. Remove the lids of both the dishes (No. 1 and 2). Place on a water
bath till the sample is dry. Keep the dishes in air oven at 98 + 2oC for 90
minutes, cool in a dessicator and weigh. Repeat heating and weighing till
constant weight is obtained (within 2 mg).
17.1.5 Calculation
W4 X W1 X 100
Solubility percent by w/w = -------------------------
W3 X W2
Where
W4 = Weight of total solids in dish No. 2
W1 = Weight of liquid taken in dish No. 1
W3 = Weight of total solids in dish No. 1
W2 = Weight of liquid taken in dish No. 2
( Ref:- F.A.O Manuals of Food Quality Control 14/ 8 page 31/ British standard
1743 : Part 2 : 1980)
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17.2 Determination of Cocoa Powder
17.2.1 Apparatus
(a) Air condenser
(b) Buchner Funnel
(c) Separatory Funnel
(d) Distillation Assembly – identical with Nitrogen estimation - The
assembly consists of a round bottom flask of 1000 ml capacity fitted with
a rubber stopper through which passes one end of the connecting bulb
tube. The other end of the connecting bulb tube is connected to the
condenser which is attached by means of a rubber tube to a dip tube
which dips into a known quantity of standard sulphuric acid contained in
a 250 ml flask.
(e) Volumetric flask
(f) Kjeldahl flask
(g) Water bath
17. 2.2 Reagents
(a) Conc Sulphuric acid - Approx 98 %

(b) Dilute alcohol – 80 % ( v/v)
(c) Potassium Ferrocyanide -Dissolve 10 .6 gm of crystallized Pot.
Ferrocyanide in water and make upto 100 ml.
(d) Sodium Hydroxide solution – 50 %
(e) Standard Sulphuric acid solution – 0.1 N
(f) Standard sodium Hydroxide solution – 0.1 N
(g) Methyl red indicator – Dissolve 1 gm Methyl red in 200 ml of 95 %
alcohol
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(h) Zinc Acetate solution – Dissolve 21 .9 gm of crystallized Zinc acetate

and 3 ml glacial acetic acid in water and make upto 100 ml
(i) Magnesium Oxide
(j) Standard Hydrochloric acid – 10 %
(k) Sucrose anhydrous , pure
(l) Selenium
17.2.3 Procedure
Grind 20 gm of the material to a smooth paste with a little alcohol and

transfer to a 200 ml flask with more of the same alcohol to make about 100 ml.
Add 1 gm of freshly ignited Magnesium oxide and digest in a boiling water bath
for 1 ½ hours using an air condenser and shaking occasionally.. Filter while hot
through a Buchner funnel, return the residue to the flask and digest again for ½
hour with 50 ml of alcohol. Filter and repeat the digestion once more..
Evaporate the combined filterate on the steam bath adding hot water from time
to time to replace the alcohol lost When all the alcohol is lost finally concentrate
to about 100 ml, add 2- 3 ml of conc HCl and transfer the liquid to a 200
volumetric flask. Cool , add 5 ml of Zinc acetate, mix and add 5 ml of Pot
Ferrocyanide solution Make upto mark and mix thoroughly. Allow the flask to
stand for few minutes and filter through a dry filter paper.
Evaporate the whole of the filterate to about 10 ml, transfer to a separatory

funnel, and extract with vigorous and thorough shaking with five successive 30
ml portions of Chloroform. Wash the combined extracts with 3- 5 ml water.
Repeat the process of extraction with five more successive portions of
chloroform, wash the second chloroform extract with the same wash water used
before, combine all the extracts and distill the chloroform. Dissolve the residue
in a little hot water, transfer to a kjeldahl flask, add 0.2 gm sucrose and 10 ml of
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conc Sulphuric acid. Heat over a small flame until froathing ceases, add 0.2 gm
selenium and digest until colourless.
Cool the contents of the flask. Transfer quantitatively to the round bottom flask
with water, the total quantity of water used being 200 ml. Add with shaking a
few pieces of pumice stone to prevent bumping. Add about 50 ml of Sodium
hydroxide (which is sufficient to make the solution alkaline) carefully through
the side of the flask so that it does not mix at once with the acid solution but
forms a layer below the acid layer. Assemble the apparatus taking care that the
tip of the condenser extends below the surface of standard sulphuric acid
contained in the flask. Mix the contents of the flask by shaking and distill until
all the ammonia has passed over into standard sulphuric acid. Reduce the burner
flame. Detach the flask from the condenser and shut off the burner. Rinse the
condenser thoroughly with water into the flask. Wash the tip carefully so that all
traces of condensate are transferred to the flask. When all the washings have
drained into the flask, add 2- 3 drops of methyl red indicator and titrate with
standard sodium hydroxide solution.
Carry out a blank determination using all reagents in the same quantities but
without the sample under test.
17.2.4 Calculation
First calculate alkaloid by multiplying Nitrogen content by factor 3. 26. Cocoa

powder in the material is then calculated on the assumption that the average
value of total alkaloids in cocoa powder is 3.2 percent using following formula
Cocoa powder percent by wt = 228.2 ( B – A ) N

W
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Where
B = Volume in ml of standard Sod Hydroxide used to neutralize the acid in the
blank determination
A = Volume in ml of standard Sod Hydroxide used to neutralize excess of acid
in the test with material.
N = Normality of standard Sod hydroxide solution
W = weight in gm of the material taken for the test.
( Ref :- I.S.I Hand book of Food Analysis ( Part IX) 1984 page 38 )
18. 0 Determination of synthetic colour in Biscuits, cakes etc
18.1 Apparatus
(a) Glass pestle and mortar
(b) Beakers 100 and 250 ml capacity
(c) Chromatographic Chamber 30 cm x 20 cm 0 10 cm
(d) Test tubes
(e) Spectrophotometer
(f) Water bath
(g) Porcelain dish
18.2 Reagents
(a) 2 percent ammonia in 70 % alcohol

(b) 100 % pure white knitting wool – Boil in 1 % sodium hydroxide solution
and then in water to remove alkali. Wash repeatedly with distilled water
and dry
(c) Chromatographic paper Whatman No 1
(d) Hydrochloric acid – 0.1 N – 5 ml of conc HCl diluted to 1 litre with water
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18.3 Procedure
Thoroughly grind 10 gm of powdered material with 50 ml of 2% ammonia in 70

% alcohol. Allow to stand for few hours and centrifuge. Pour the clear
supernatant liquid in the dish and evaporate on the water bath. Dissolve the
residue in 30 ml water acidified with acetic acid.
Add a 20 cm strip of pure white wool to the solution and boil. When the wool
takes up the colour fairly completely, take out and wash with water. Transfer the
washed wool to a small beaker and boil gently with dilute ammonia (1+ 4). If
the colour is stripped, the presence of an acid dye is indicated. Remove the
wool. Make the liquid slightly acidic and .add a fresh piece of wool and boil
until the colour is removed. Extract the dye from the wool again with a small
volume of dilute ammonia. This double stripping technique usually gives a pure
colour. Natural colour may also dye the wool during the first treatment but the
colour is not removed by ammonia. Transfer the solution to a volumetric flask
and make the volume to 50 ml. with water.
Note :- Basic dyes can be separated by making the food alkaline with ammonia,
boiling with wool and then stripping with dilute acetic acid. All the present
permitted water soluble colours are acidic and the presence of a basic dye
would indicate presence of non permitted dye.
18.3.1 Separation of Colours by Paper Chromatography
Take a Whatman No 1 filter paper sheet ( 15 cm x 30 cm ) and draw a line

parallel to the bottom edge of the sheet about 2 cm away from it. Pipette 0.5 ml
of extracted dye with the help of a graduated pipette and apply it on the filter
paper in the form of a band on the line.. Prepare 0.1 % solutions of permitted
dyes and with the help of a capillary tube, apply spots of all these dyes on the
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line leaving about 1.5 cm distance between two spots. Allow the coloured spots
to dry and subsequently suspend the paper sheet in the chromatographic
chamber such that the lower edge of the sheet remains dipped in the solvent
placed in the chamber. The following solvent systems may be used for
separation of colours . Solvent 5 has been found to give good resolution .
(1) 1% ammonia = 1 ml ammonia ( sp gr 0. 88) + 99 ml water

(2) 2.5 % Sodium chloride
(3) 2 % Sodium Chloride in 50 % alcohol
(4) Isobutanol : Etahnol : Water ( 1: 2: 1 (v/v) )
(5) N Butanol : Water : Acetic acid ( 20 : 12: 5 )
(6) Isobutanol :Ethanol : Acetic acid ( 3 : 12 : 5)
Close the chromatographic chamber tightly and let the solvent rise. When the
solvent front has reached about 20 cm from the base line, remove the filter
paper sheet and allow it to dry. Mark coloured bands and carefully cut the
cloured strips from the paper. Cut the coloured strips into small pieces and
transfer to a test tube and add about 1 ml 0.1 N HCl. Allow the colour to extract
and decant the coloured extract into a volumetric flask. Repeat the process of
extraction and decanting till all the colour is removed from the paper. Make
upto volume. Determine absorbance maxima and read the optical density at
absorbance maximum against a blank prepared by cutting an equivalent strip
plain portion of chromatogram and extracting it with 0.1 N HCl. From the
absorbance values compute the concentration of the dye by reference to the plot
of concentration versus optical density.
18.3.2 Plotting of standard curve

Prepare 0.1 % solution of the dye in 0.1 N HCl. Take 0.25, 0.50, 0.75. 1.0 , 1.25
and 1.5 ml aliquot of this and dilute to 100 ml with 0.1 N HCl. Read their
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absorbance at respective absorbance maxima. Plot absorbance values against

concentration of the dye.
The Rf values vary slightly owing to variation of temperature, solvent purity

and solvent saturation of the chromatographic chamber. It is thus essential that
known dyes are applied with the sample as control
( Ref :- I.S 12711: 1989 Bakery Products – Methods of Analysis )
19. 0 SOLVENT EXTRACTED OIL SEED FLOURS - (SOYA

FLOUR, GROUNDNUT FLOUR, SESAME FLOUR, COCONUT
FLOUR, COTTONSEED FLOUR)
19.1 Determination of Total residual Hexane
19.1.2 Scope and field of application
This is a method for the determination of total amount of volatile hydrocarbons,

referred to as Hexane remaining in oilseed residues after extraction with
hydrocarbon based solvents.
19.1.3 Principle
Desorption of Hexane by heating at 110 0 C with water in a closed vessel, and

determination of the Hexane in the headspace by gas chromatography using
capillary or packed columns and expressing the results as Hexane
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19.2 Reagents and materials
(a) Technical n – Hexane or light petroleum, with a composition similar to that

used in the industrial extraction of oilseeds, failing that n – Hexane.
(b) Carrier Gas :- Hydrogen or Nitrogen, Helium etc, dry and containing less
than 10 mg / Kg of Oxygen.
(c ) Auxillary gases
(1) Hydrogen 99.9 % pure, containing no organic impurities
(2) Air containing no organic impurities
19.2.1 Apparatus :-
i) Gas Chromatograph with flame ionization detector equipped with glass

capillary column approx 30 metres long and 0.3 mm in diameter coated with
methyl polysiloxane film of 0.2 µm thickness or failing this a packed column of
at least 1.7 metre length with 2-4 mm internal diameter packed with acid
washed diatomaceous earth of particle size of 150 – 180 µm and coated with
methyl polysiloxane. If a capillary column is used the apparatus shall have a
1 / 100 input divider.
ii) Electric oven , capable of being maintained at 110 0 C
iii) Gas Syringe , graduated capacity 1 ml, preferably with a valve
iv) Penicillin type flasks of capacity 50- 60 ml all with the same volume
to within 2 %
v) Septa, inert to solvents, of approximately 3 mm thickness capable of
producing a hermetic seal after crimping.
vi) Metallic foil caps of Aluminum
vii) Crimping pliers
viii) Liquid syringe 10 µm capacity.
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19.2.2 Sampling and Sample storage
It is essential that the loss of hexane from sample be prevented. The

sample shall fill a completely sealed container (preferably a crimped metal box)
and shall be stored at – 20 0 C below in a deep freezer. Plastic containers shall
not be used. The determination of residual Hexane shall be carried out as soon
as the container has been brought to room temperature and opened.
19.2.3 Procedure
Weigh to the nearest 0.1 gm , 5 gm of the laboratory sample into a flask ( 6.2.4
iv). Add 2.5 ml water, seal the flask with a septum, cover with a foil cap (6.2.
vi) and crimp with the pliers. All these operations should be performed rapidly..
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Place the flask in the oven maintained at 110 C for 90 minutes, remove the
flask from the oven and let it cool for 2 minutes. Agitate by inverting. It is
important to leave the flasks in the oven for the same length of time for each
sample. Set the oven temperature at 40 0 C, injector and detector temperature at
120 0 C, Carrier gas pressure at 0.3 bar ( 30 kP a).
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Using the gas syringe previously heated to 50 – 60 C take exactly 0.5 ml of
gaseous phase and inject quickly into the chromatograph
19.2.4 Calibration
Three points with 2.5, 5.0, 10.0 µl of solvent are usually sufficient to construct
the calibration curve, they correspond to 264, 660,1320 mg / kg of Hexane if the
test portion is 5 gm.
Prepare a calibration series using flasks of the same capacity as used for the
determination. Add to the flasks 6 ml of water followed immediately by various
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quantities of n – Hexane measured accurately with the help of the syringe. Seal
each flask with the septum, cover with the foil cap and crimp with the plier
place the various flasks for the establishment of one calibration graph in the
oven for 15 minutes at 110 0 C. At the end of this time remove the flasks from
the oven and leave to cool for 2 minutes. With the gas syringe heated between
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50 – 60 C take exactly 0.5 ml of headspace and inject quickly into the
chromatograph. Carry out two determinations on the sample
19.2.5 Expression of results
Construct the calibration graph by plotting the area of the solvent peak as a
function of the mass of the solvent introduced into the flask (1 µl corresponding
to 660 µg). Determine the sum of the peak areas of Hexane and various
Hydrocarbons which usually make up the technical solvent. Do not include
peaks due to oxidation products if present in significant amounts but report
these separately. Read off from the calibration graph the mass m 1 in microgram
of Hexane present in the flask
The total residual Hexane in the residue expressed in microgram of hexane per
kilogram is equal to
m1
-------------
m0
where m 0 = the mass in gms of the test portion
m 1 = the mass in microgram of solvent present in the flask.
Take as the result the arithmetic mean of two determinations
Ref :- I.S 12983 : 1990 / I.S.O 8892 : 1987 ,Oilseed Residues – Determination
of Total Residual Hexane)
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20.0 Determination of Oxalic acid in Solvent Extracted Sesame Flour
20.1 Apparatus
(1) Waring Blender
20.2 Reagents
(1) Dilute Hydrochloric Acid (1+ 1)
(2) Ammonium hydroxide solution – sp gr 0.880
(3) Phosphoric Tungstate reagent – Dissolve 24 gm Sodium Tungstate in
water. To this add 40 ml of syrupy phosphoric acid (sp gr 1.75) and dilute
the solution to 1 litre.
(4) Calcium Chloride Buffer solution – Dissolve 25 gm of anhydrous
Calcium chloride in 500 ml of 50 % glacial acetic acid and add this
solution to a solution of 530 gm of Sodium Acetate in water, diluted to
500 ml.
(5) Wash Solution – A 5% solution of acetic acid kept over calcium
oxalate at room temperature. Shake the solution periodically and filter
before use.
(6) Sulphuric acid -10 % solution
(7) Potassium Permanganate solution – 0.02 N
20.3 Procedure
Homogenise about 6 gm of the sample with about 100 ml water in the blender
and transfer the mixture to a 600 ml beaker with the minimum number of
washings. Add 2 volumes of dil HCl to each 10 volumes of liquid (to give an
approx normal concentration) and one or two drops of capryl alcohol and boil
for 15 minutes. Allow to cool, transfer to a 500 ml volumetric flask, dilute to
mark and after an occasional shaking set it aside overnight. Mix and filter
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through a dry filter paper. Transfer by means of a pipette 25 ml of filterate into a

tube fitted with a stopper, add 5 ml of phosphoric tungstate reagent, mix by
inverting once or twice and set the mixture aside for 5 hours. Centrifuge for 10
minutes at 3000 rpm. Transfer exactly 20 ml of clear solution to a 50 ml
centrifuge tube and add ammonium hydroxide dropwise from a burette until the
solution is alkaline as indicated by formation of a slight precipitate of
phosphotungstate. Add 5 ml of Calcium chloride reagent, stir with a fine glass
rod and leave the tube overnight in a refrigerator at 5 - 7 0 C. Centrifuge for 10
minutes, carefully remove the washings, dissolve the ppt in 5 ml of 10 %
sulphuric acid, place the tube in a water bath at 100 0 C for 2 minutes and titrate
the oxalic acid with 0.02 N potassium permanganate
20.4 Calculation
1 ml of 0.02 N Potassium Permanganate = 0.00090gm oxalic acid
( Ref:- I.S specification No I:S 6108 - 1971 Specification for Edible Sesame
Flour ( solvent extracted) )
21.0 Determination of Free and Total Gossypol in Solvent Extracted Cotton

Seed Flour
21.1 Free Gossypol
21.01 Definition
The term free gossypol defines gossypol and gossypol derivatives in cottonseed
products which are soluble in aqueous acetone under the conditions of the
method
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21.02 Apparatus
(1) Mechanical shaker to hold 250 ml Erlenmeyer flasks and provide

vigorous shaking.
(2) Spectrophotometer isolating a band at 40 nm and equipped with
cells of 1 cm light path or colorimeter equipped with a filter
having maximum transmittance between 440- 460 nm
(3) Grinding mill- with 1 mm screen
(4) Glass beads about 6 mm diameter.
(5) Erlenmeyer flasks 250 ml, pipettes, filterpaper, medium retention ,
11 cm size ( Whatman No 2 or eqvt )
(6) Volumetric flasks 25, 200 ,250 ml, Class A
(7) Water bath for operation at 100 0 C equipped with clamps for
supporting25 ml volumetric flasks.
21.03 Reagents
(1) Solvents
a) Aqueous acetone – Mix 700 ml acetone with 300 ml distilled water.
b) aqueous Isopropyl alcohol (2 – propanol ) – Mix 800 isopropyl alcohol
with 200 ml water
c) Aniline – distilled over a small amount of zinc dust. Redistill when the
reagent blank exceeds 0.022 absorbance ( 95 % transmittance)
(2) Thiourea solution – Dissolve 10 gm thiourea in water and make upto
100 ml
(3) HCl – 1.2 N Dilute 106 ml conc HCl (35-37%) to 1 litre with water.
(4) Gossypol - Primary standard or gossypol acetic acid ( 89.61 %
gossypol by wt) to be used for calibration.
(5) Standard Gossypol solution – Prepare by accurately weighing 25 mg
primary standard gossypol or 27.9 mg gossypol acetic acid and
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transferring quantitatively to a 250 ml volumetric flask using 100 ml of

acetone. Add 1 ml glacial acetic acid, 75 ml water, dilute to volume with
acetone and mix well. Pipette 50 ml of this solution into a 200 ml
volumetric flask, add 100 ml acetone, 60 ml water and dilute to volume
with acetone. Mix well. This standard gossypol solution contains 0.025
mg of gossypol per ml if exactly 25 mg gossypol or 27.9 mg of gossypol
acetate were weighed. It is stable for 24 hrs when protected from light.
21.04 Procedure
Grind about 50 gm sample in a wiley grinding mill to pass 1 mm screen.

The weight of the sample and the aliquot of the acetone extract to be taken for
test shall depend on the gossypol content but sample size should not exceed 2-
5 gm if the free gossypol is expected to be between 0.2 – 0. 5 % and the aliquot
of extract to be taken for test should be 10 ml
Transfer the accurately weighed sample to a 250 ml Erlenmeyer flask, add a few
glass beads and 50 ml aqueous acetone, stopper and shake vigorously on a
mechanical shaker for 1 hour. Filter through a dry filter paper discarding the
first 5 ml and collect filterate in a small flask. Pipette duplicate aliquots into 25
ml volumetric flasks
To one sample solution designated as solution A, add 2 drops of 10 % aqueous
thiourea, 1 drop of 1.2 N HCl and dilute to volume with aqueous isopropyl
alcohol
To the second sample designated as solution B , add 2 drops of 10 %,aqueous
thiourea, 1 drop of 1.2 N HCl and 2 ml of redistilled aniline. A rapid delivery
pipette may be used for dispensing aniline. Prepare a reagent blank containing a
volume of aqueous acetone solution equal to that of the sample aliquot and add
2 drops of 10% thiourea and 2 ml of aniline( do not add any 1.2 N HCl). Heat
the sample aliquot B and the reagent blank in a boiling water bath for 30
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minutes. Remove the solutions from the bath, add about 10 ml of aqueous
isopropyl alcohol; to effect homogeneous solution and cool to room
temperature. Dilute to volume with aqueous isopropyl alcohol
Determine the absorbance of sample aliquot A at 440 nm using aqueous
isopropyl alcohol to set the instrument at zero absorbance (100% transmittance)
With the instrument at zero absorbance with aqueous isopropyl alcohol,
determine the absorbance of reagent blank. If the reagent blank exceeds 0.022
absorbance units, the analysis must be repeated using freshly distilled aniline.
Determine the absorbance of sample aliquot B at 440 nm using the reagent
blank to set instrument at 0 absorbance. Calculate the corrected absorbance of
the aliquot as follows
Corrected absorbance = (absorbance of B – absorbance of A)
From the corrected absorbance of the sample, determine the mg of gossypol in
the sample aliquot by reference to a calibration graph prepared by taking1 , 2 ,
3, 4 . 5 , 7 , 8, 10 ml aliquot of standard gossypol solution ( 0.025 mg / ml) into
25 ml volumetric flask. To one set of aliquots designated C add 2 drops of 10 %
aqueous thiourea, 1 drop of 1.2 N HCl and dilute to volume with aqueous
isopropyl alcohol and determine its absorbance. To the other set of aliquts
designated D add 2 drops of aqueous thiourea, 2 drops of 1.2 N HCl and 2 ml
of redistilled aniline. Prepare a reagent blank containing 10 ml of aqueous
acetone, 2 drops of aqueous thiourea and 2 ml of aniline (do not add HCl). Heat
the standards and the reagent blank in boiling water bath for 30 minutes, cool
and dilute to volume with aqueous isopropyl alcohol and determine their
absorbance . Determine corrected absorbance. Plot the corrected absorbance for
each gossypol standard against mg of gossypol in 25 ml volume to obtain the
calibration graph
(Ref:- A.O.C.S (1989) Official Method Ba 8 – 78 )
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21.1TotalGossypol
21.11Definition
Gossypol and gossypol derivatives both free and bound in cottonseed products
which are capable of reacting with 3 - amino -1 propanol in dimethylformamide
solution to form diaminopropanel complex which then reacts with aniline to
form dianilinogossypol under the conditions of the method.
21.12Apparatus – same as in 21.02 above and pipettes 1 , 2 , 4, 5 , 1`0 ml.
(1) solvents – Isopropyl alcohol ( n – propanol), n – hexane (b.p 68-69

0
C) , dimethyl formamide, 3 – amino 1 propanol (propanolamine),
free of colour, glacial acetic acid and aniline. The aniline should
be redistilled over zinc dust using water cooled condenser.
(2) Isopropyl alcohol- hexane mixture ( 60 + 40 )
(3) Compexing reagent prepared by pipetting2 ml of 3 amino-1
propanol and 10 ml glacial acetic acid into a 100 ml volumetric
flask, cooling to room temperature and diluting to volume with
dimethyl formamide. Prepare reagent weekly and store in a refri
gerator when not in use.
(4) Gossypol or Gossypol acetic acid as primary standard.
(5) Standard Gossypol solution prepared by weighing 25 mg of
primary standard gossypol or 27.9 mg of gossypol acetic acid into
a 50 ml volumetric flask. Dissolve in and make upto volume with
complexing reagent. Solution is stable for 1 week if stored in
refrigerator. The solution contains 0.50 mg gossypol per ml .
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Multiply gossypol acetic acid with 0.8962 to obtain mg of

gossypol
21.14 Procedure
Grind 50 gm sample in a Wiley mill to pass 1 mm sieve. Weigh 0.5 – 0.75 gm

sample accurately and transfer to a 50 ml volumetric flask. Add 10 ml
complexing reagent. Prepare reagent blank containing 10 ml of complexing
reagent in a 50 ml volumetric flask. Heat sample and blank in a water bath at
0
100 C for 30 minutes, cool, dilute to volume with isopropyl alcohol- hexane
mixture. filter through 11 cm filter paper into a 50 ml glass stoppered
Erlenmeyer flask discarding first 5 ml of the filterate Pipette 2 ml of duplicate
sample extract into 25 ml volumetric flasks. Pipette duplicate blank aliquots of
same volume as sample aliquot into 25 ml volumetric flasks., Dilute one set of
sample and blank aliquots with isopropyl – hexane mixture and reserve as
reference solutions for absorption measurement.
Add 2 ml of aniline by pipette to the other set of samples and reagent blank
aliquots, heat in a water bath for 30 minutes, cool, dilute to volume with
isopropyl – hexane mixture and mix well. Allow to stand for 1 hour. Measure
the absorbance at 440 nm of reagent blank treated with aniline using blank
aliquot without aniline as reference solution. Determine absorbance of sample
aliquot reacted with aniline using diluted sample aliquot without aniline as
reference solution. Substract absorbance of reagent blank from that of sample
aliquot treated with aniline to obtain corrected absorbance. From corrected
absorbance of sample aliquot determine mg gossypol in sample aliquot y
reference to a calibration graph prepared as in 21.04 (free gossypol).
(Ref:- A.O.C.S (1989) Official Method Ba 8 – 78)
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CEREAL AND CEREAL PRODUCTS

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF HEALTH SERVICES

MANUAL FOR ANALYSIS OF CEREAL AND CEREAL PRODUCTS

MANUAL FOR ANALYSIS OF CEREAL AND CEREAL PRODUCTS

1.0 FOOD GRAINS

1.1 Definition of Refractions

(Ref :- I.S : 8184 – 1976 Method for determination of Ergot in Foodgrains).

(3) Filth – Any objectionable matter contributed by animal contamination of

(a) Heavy Filth – Heavier filth material separated from product by

(c) Sieved filth – Filth particles of specific size ranges separated

(a) Balance – sensitivity 1 mg

(c) Enamelled Trays – Flat type 30 cm diameter with raised rims

1.1.2.1 Determination of Foreign matter

1.1.2.2 Determination of Mineral Matter

1.1.2.3 Determination of refractions other than Foreign Matter

1.1.2.4 Quantity of sample to be taken for determining refractions other

1.2 Determination of Rodent excreta and Hair

1.2.1 Rodent excreta

Weigh 50 gm of sample in 250 ml hooked- lipped beaker. Add chloroform

1.2.2 Light filth

Add 100 ml 60 % Isopropanol saturated with Heptane (To 600 ml isoproponol

1.3 Light filth in Whole Wheat Flour

Whole wheat flour is digested without effect on insect exoskeleton or

(b) Reflux apparatus – see figure below

(c) Wildman trap flask – see figure below

Add 800 ml of 3% HCl solution to a 2 litre beaker. Place on preheated hot

Accurately weigh 50 gm of wheat flour to nearest 0.5 gm into 250 ml beaker.

foaming results) on to sieve so that moderate pressure spray of water

Quantitatively transfer residue to original beaker, washing with 100 % Iso

Add mixture of Tween 80 – 40 % Isopropanol solution and 5 ml Na 4

Filter beaker contents through filter and examine microscopically at

(Ref :- A.O.A.C 17 th edn,2000, Official method 993.26 Light filth in Whole

2.0 Determination of moisture

(a) Grinding Mill - capable of grinding rapidly and uniformly without

Moisture percent = (W1- W2) x 100

3.0 Determination of Uric acid

The method is based on the precipitation of proteins and treatment of protein

( a) Photo electric colorimeter/spectrophotometer

(a) Sodium Tungstate solution - 10 % (w/ v)

Weigh 50 gm sample and grind it finely. Take between 4- 20 gm powder

Take 10 ml of standard uric acid solution containing 0.2 mg of uric acid in a 50

4.0 Test for presence of Ergot in Food grains

(d)Tartaric acid solution – 1 % ( freshly prepared)

Grind about 50 gm of sample in the grinding mill to a fine powder. Take 10 gm

( Ref :- I.S 8184 :1976 Method of determination of Ergot in Foodgrains / I.S.I.

5.0 Determination of Hydrocyanic acid in Beans

(a) Mechanical grinding mill

(a) Ammonia solution – Approx – 6 N prepared by diluting concentrated

1 ml 0.02 M Silver Nitrate = 1.08 mg of HCN

6.0 Determination of Aflatoxin – Refer to separate publication on Mycotoxins

7.0 Determination of Deoxynivalenol (DON) – Refer to separate publication

8.0 ATTA ( WHEAT )

8.1 Preparation of sample

( Ref : A.O.A.C 17th edn,2000, Official method 925. 08 Sampling of flour)

8.2 Determination of Moisture

W = Weight in gm of the empty dish

8.3 Determination of Total Ash

Total ash on dry basis percent = ( W2 – W) X100

8.4 Determination of ash insoluble in dil HCl