Charged Aerosol Detector (CAD) Nutritional Fortifier D-Ribose Detection

Charged Aerosol Detector (CAD) application brief: nutrient enhancer D-ribose detection. Date: 2025-4-15. D-ribose is a naturally occurring aldopentose,or five-carbon sugar,with the formula C₅H₁₀O₅. It is an important functional carbohydrate in living organisms and is widely involved in energy metabolism and genetic-information transfer. Recently,

China's National Health Commission officially announced approval of D-ribose as a new food nutrition fortifier,applicable to sports nutrition foods with a daily addition level of 1-2g,

and also listed it in the GB2760-2024 catalogue of synthetic food flavorings. This policy breakthrough provides a new direction for sports and health-food innovation and offers consumers more science-based functional choices. The charged aerosol detector (CAD) is a new type of universal detector developed in recent years. Its detection is independent of the molecular structure of the analyte,

and the analyte does not need to be ionized. As long as the analyte is semi-volatile or non-volatile,CAD can be used for detection. At the same time,CAD is a mass-sensitive detector. The response value is determined by the mass of the detected sample. When the sample mass is consistent,the measured response values are basically consistent,

and lower detection limits and higher sensitivity can be obtained. Click to view full text.