COMPARISON OF SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC AND CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS OF DETERMINATION OF FURANIC ALDEHYDES IN WINE DISTILLATES

A comparison of two methods of determination of furanic aldehydes in c ommercial brandies was carried out. The brandy samples were analysed u sing the spectrophotometric technique recommended by the Spanish Minis try of Health and Consumption, and by another HPLC technique. The resu lts were subjected to appropriate statistical treatment and both techn iques were found to be suitable, as there were no significant statisti cal differences between them, although the chromatographic technique i s somewhat faster and easier to use than the spectrophotometric method .