# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2870/2000 of 19 December 2000 laying down Community reference methods for the analysis of spirits drinks, Division 9.1: Statistical results of the interlaboratory test

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

The following data were obtained from an international method performance study carried out to internationally agreed procedures ( 1 ) ( 2 ).
Year of interlaboratory test
2000
Number of laboratories
24
Number of samples
8
Table 1
Fructose, glucose, maltose
Analyte
Fructose
Glucose
Maltose
Samples (× 2)
Crème de Cassis
Standard (50 g/l)
Aniseed-flavoured spirit drink
Crème de Cassis
Standard (50 g/l)
Aniseed-flavoured spirit drink
Standard (10 g/l)
Mean value (g/l)
92,78
50,61
15,62
93,16
50,06
15,81
9,32
No of labs without outliers
21
22
21
23
19
21
22
Repeatability standard deviation, s r , (g/l)
2,34
2,12
0,43
3,47
1,01
0,48
0,54
Repeatability relative standard deviation, RSD r (%)
2,53
4,2
2,76
3,72
2,03
3,02
5,77
Repeatability limit, r (g/l)
(r = 2,8 × s r )
6,56
5,95
1,21
9,71
2,84
1,34
1,51
Reproducibility standard deviation, s R (g/l)
7,72
3,13
0,84
9,99
2,7
0,88
1,4
Reproducibility relative standard deviation, RSD R (%)
8,32
6,18
5,37
10,72
5,4
5,54
15,06
Reproducibility limit, R (g/l)
(R = 2,8 × sR)
21,62
8,76
2,35
27,97
7,57
2,45
3,93
Table 2
Sucrose
split level.
Analyte
Sucrose
Samples
Pastis
Ouzo
Cherry liqueur
Crème de Menthe
Crème de Cassis
Standard (100 g/l)
Mean value (g/l)
10,83
29,2
19,7
103,33
349,96
319,84
99,83
No of labs without outliers
19
19
20
18
18
18
Repeatability standard deviation, s r (g/l)
0,09
0,75
2,17
5,99
4,31
1,25
Repeatability relative standard deviation, RSD r (%)
0,81
3,07
2,1
1,71
1,35
1,25
Repeatability limit, r (g/l)
(r = 2,8 × s r )
0,25
2,1
6,07
16,76
12,06
3,49
Reproducibility standard deviation, s R (g/l)
0,79
0,92
4,18
9,94
16,11
4,63
Reproducibility relative standard deviation, RSD R (%)
7,31
3,76
4,05
2,84
5,04
4,64
Reproducibility limit, R (g/l)
(R = 2,8 × s R )
2,22
2,57
11,7
27,84
45,12
12,97
Table 3
Total Sugars
( Note: this data was calculated for total sugars, not invert sugar as defined in Section 8 above.)
split level.
Samples
Pastis
Ouzo
Aniseed-flavoured spirit drink
Cherry liqueur
Crème de Menthe
Crème de Cassis
Standard (220 g/l)
Mean value (g/l)
10,86
29,2
19,7
31,59
103,33
349,73
509,69
218,78
No of Labs without outliers
20
19
20
20
18
18
19
Repeatability standard deviation, s r (g/l)
0,13
0,75
0,77
2,17
5,89
5,59
2,71
Repeatability relative standard deviation, RSD r (%)
1,16
3,07
2,45
2,1
1,69
1,1
1,24
Repeatability limit, r (g/l)
(r = 2,8 × s r )
0,35
2,1
2,17
6,07
16,5
15,65
7,59
Reproducibility standard deviation s R (g/l)
0,79
0,92
1,51
4,18
9,98
14,81
8,53
Reproducibility relative standard deviation, RSD R (%)
7,25
3,76
4,79
4,04
2,85
2,91
3,9
Reproducibility limit R (g/l)
(R = 2,8 × s R )
2,21
2,57
4,24
11,7
27,94
41,48
23,89

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