Alpha, POP_Determination of formaldehyde in beer

Beer is a popular alcoholic beverage due to its sedative activity, refreshing character and a typical bitter taste. However, beer suffers quality degradation over time during storage resulting in stale flavor and browning. Formaldehyde has been known to improve colloidal stability in beer, which can slow quality degradation. It occurs mainly in two ways in beer: firstly, during fermentation and the other is artificial addition. For the past few years, formaldehyde has been associated with serious health hazards (ex. irritation in eye, respiratory tract, headache, nausea among others.). It is therefore essential to have a reliable and quick way to check the formaldehyde content in beer sample.