Discrimination and classification of adulterants in maple syrup with the use of infrared spectroscopic techniques
Discrimination and classification of adulterants in maple syrup with the use of infrared spectroscopic techniques
Paradkar, M.M.; Sivakesava, S.; Irudayaraj, J.
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 83(7): 714-721
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-5142
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1332
Food adulteration is a profit-making business for some unscrupulous manufacturers. Maple syrup is a soft target of adulterators owing to its simplicity of chemical composition. In this study the use of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to detect adulterants such as cane and beet invert syrups as well as cane and beet sugar solutions in maple syrup was investigated.