# First Commission Directive of 26 July 1979 laying down Community methods of analysis for testing certain sugars intended for human consumption (79/796/EEC), Division 4.4: Standard invert sugar solution: dissolve 23·750 g of pure sucrose (4.5) in about 120 ml of water in a 250 ml graduated flask, add 9 ml of hydrochloric acid (ζ = 1·16) and allow to stand for eight days at room temperature. Make the solution up to 250 ml and check for completion of hydrolysis by a polarimeter or saccharimeter reading in a 200 mm tube. This should be - 11·80o ± 0·05 oS (see Note 8). Pipette 200 ml of this solution into a 2 000 ml graduated flask. Dilute with water and while shaking (to avoid excessive local alkalinity) add 71·4 ml of sodium hydroxide solution (1 mol/litre) in which 4 g of benzoic acid has been dissolved. Make up to 2 000 ml to give a 1 g/100 ml solution of invert sugar. This solution should be approximately pH 3.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This stable stock solution should only be diluted immediately before use.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1979/796/annex/II/division/6/division/4/division/4.4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1979-796/annex-II/division-6/division-4/division-4.4
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