Caracterización de compuestos volátilesen parafinas de uso alimentariomediante desorción térmica acopladadirectamente a GC-MS

Abstract

Petroleum is still the main raw material for the manufacture ofmultiple products for different purposes. In this context, it ispossible to find petroleum-derived products, such as paraffinwaxes, that are used in the agri-food industry as food-packaging.Due to the above-mentioned applications, the quality control ofthese products should be adapted to the requirements of thisindustry, which is a factor that producers must consider complyingwith food safety standards. Thus, this research focuseson establishing the initial conditions for the development andoptimization of TD-GC-MS-based analytical methods, whichcan determine and identify VOCs which are found in paraffinwaxes used in the food industries. Therefore, research and understandthe desorption temperature and chromatographic separationconditions has been a key point to determine the volatileorganic compounds in paraffin-based packaging materials usedin the food industry.