Normative data for commercial pineapple juice from concentrate

Normative data for pineapple juice from concentrate were determined for 19 samples, including 5 that had been aseptically processed and representing 4 of the major pineapple growing regions of the world. Values are reported for sugars, organic acids, including isocitric acid, metals (specifically potassium, sodium calcium, and magnesium), delta 13C, and oligosaccharides. Although geographical variation existed, the observed ranges and variances were small enough to be useful in describing authentic pineapple juice. Two concentrates (one aseptically and one nonaseptically processed) were intentionally adulterated (individually) with 3 commercially available inexpensive sweeteners (high fructose corn syrup, cane invert syrup, and beet medium invert syrup). Oligosaccharide analysis of these samples either by liquid chromatography or by capillary gas chromatography yielded oligosaccharide patterns that were useful for the detection of these sweeteners at 10% levels. Principal-component analysis (PCA) was used to represent graphically both the pure and adulterated samples based on their measured chemical parameters.