Inulin is a naturally occurring carbohydrate with beneficial nutritional and technological properties. A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was developed for the quantitative determination of these beta -fructans in meat products, containing this type of additive. The method includes extraction of inulin with hot water, followed by hydrolysis with inulinase enzyme, and determination of the released fructose by HPLC with refractive index detection.