ICUMSA
The International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis Ltd. (ICUMSA) is a world-wide body which brings together the activities of the National Committees for Sugar Analysis in more than twenty member countries.
Please find further information on the official ICUMSA website
Verlag Dr. Albert Bartens KG is the publisher of the ICUMSA methods. The ICUMSA Methods Book is available
- as print edition in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Russian
- as eBook (two-year license), in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Please have a look – click here
Single Methods are only available online as two-year license.
All products can be purchased in our online-shop.
The ICUMSA Methods Book contains all Methods and Standards and Specifications endorsed by ICUMSA.
ICUMSA Methods are recognised by authorities such as the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the OIML, the EU and the US Food Chemicals Codex. The last edition of the ICUMSA Methods Book was published in 2024.
The Methods Book is also available in
Spanish
Portuguese
Russian and
Polish
ICUMSA Methods Book Supplements
After each ICUMSA Session (normaly every two years) Supplements to the ICUMSA Methods Book are issued to:
- add new methods, Standards and Specifications; and
- revise and rewrite existing methods where necessary; and
The following Supplements are available:
English: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024
Spanish: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022
