4. Conclusions
Galactosylisomaltol was described as one of the unknown peaks separated during the chromatographic analysis of HMF in milk products and its chromatographic separation is reliable and not time-consuming.
These results open the possibility of monitoring in the same chromatographic analysis the two main reaction pathways during the Maillard reaction in milk (1-deoxyosone and 3-deoxyosone routes).
Additional experiments should be conduced in the future to assess the eectiveness of a galactosylisomaltol index for the
classification of technological processes during milk sterilisation or for the detection of the addition of overheated ingredients to milk products.