Milk oligosaccharides (OS) are bioactive molecules that impart a variety of health benefits to the consumer. Techniques commonly used to analyse and quantify OS require optimised extraction methods to separate the OS from more abundant milk components. Solid phase extraction (SPE) is frequently used to isolate milk OS from lactose; however, the literature contains no formal studies on its efficacy in this application. In this study, established SPE conditions were modified to improve the technique's effectiveness in purifying OS from lactose. Low concentrations of acetonitrile (ACN) and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) were tested for solid phase washing. Lactose removal and retention of many OS were significantly improved when using 4% ACN/0.1% TFA compared with the more common water washing technique. Different behaviours between acidic and neutral OS were evident. The new SPE technique improves extraction efficiency for bovine milk OS in applications that do not require prior lactose hydrolysis.

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