“…In the case of paprika or related products, NIRS has been mainly used for quantification. For example, to quantify ASTA color, moisture (Bae, Han, & Hong, 1998), capsaicinoids (Lim, Kim, Mo, & Kim, 2015;Park et al, 2008), arsenic and lead (Moros et al, 2008), soluble solids content (SSC), firmness of peppers (Penchaiya, Bobelyn, Verlinden, Nicolaï, & Saeys, 2009) and mycotoxins (Hernández-Hierro, García-Villanova, & González-Martín, 2008). In addition, Vis-NIRS combined with multivariate analysis has been used to determine total carotenoids, chlorophylls, as well as maturity stage of intact peppers (Timea Ignat et al, 2013) and ascorbic acid (T. Ignat, Schmilovitch, Fefoldi, Steiner, & Alkalai-Tuvia, 2012).…”