Analysis of citric acid and D-isoascorbic acid in beverages by High performance liquid chromatography

In this study, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to analysis the content of citric acid and D-isoascorbic acid in beverages. The samples were separated by C18 chromatography column, 0.1 % phosphoric acid solution was used as the mobile phase with the flow rate of 0.5 mL/min, the column temperature was 35 °C, and the detection wavelength was 210 nm. The results showed that the content of citric acid and D-isoascorbic acid has a good linear correlation (r>0.99) within the range of 50 μg to 200 μg. The selectivity, recovery and precision of citric acid and D-isoascorbic acid were suitable. Meanwhile, this method could be used to detect the content of citric acid and D-isoascorbic acid in beverages.