In the present study, the Agilent Model G1888 Headspace sampler permitted an automatic analysis of 70 samples. Several parameters including additional salt, temperature, and thermal equilibration time had a large impact on the efficiency of the
furan extraction in headspace. To optimize the sample extraction,different concentrations (0e2.5 g) of 5 inorganic sodium based salts including sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, sodium carbonate,sodium acetate, and potassium chloride were added to the headspace vials containing 100 ng of furan standard and 10 mL of water,