A Rapid Spectroscopic Technique for Determining Honey Adulteration with Corn Syrup |
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Authors: | S Sivakesava J Irudayaraj |
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Affiliation: | Authors are with the Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Pennsylvania State Univ., 249 Agricultural Engineering Building, University Park, PA 16802. |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT: A combination of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy with multivariate procedures was used for determining the level of sugar addition to honey. Spectra of honey adulterated with different levels of glucose, fructose, sucrose, and corn syrup were recorded in the mid-infrared range using the attenuated total reflectance accessory. The standard error of prediction (SEP) in validation set was between 1.99% and 2.22% using partial least square (PLS) on first derivative transformed data. Results showed that the combined model for 3 different varieties of honey gave lower correlation. It is demonstrated that Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy has good potential for detecting corn-syrup adulteration in honey in less than 5 min. |
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Keywords: | adulteration honey Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy attenuated total reflectance accessory multivariate statistics partial least square regression principal component regression |
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