Evaluation of fruit authenticity and determination of the fruit content of fruit products using FT-NIR spectroscopy of cell wall components

The application of Bar-HRM (Barcode DNA-High Resolution Melting) analysis for authenticity testing and quantitative detection of bean crops (Leguminosae) without prior DNA purification

“…For instance, in bean markets, different species, especially those with high value due to their origin, are sold under the same name and therefore, there is a great need for developing accurate methods of proving the authenticity of raw material. In order to identify plant species different methods have been used like the high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), mass spectrometry (MS), thin-layer chromatography (TLC), NMR spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy (Fügel et al, 2005;Kurz, Leitenberger, Carle, & Schieber, 2010). Yet, there are cases where a plant metabolite profile can change due to external factors such as light, temperature, microbial infections and storage conditions.…”

Quality and Authenticity Control of Fruit-Derived Products

“…As a result, a high sample throughput cannot be accomplished. Therefore, we recently developed an analytical procedure that employs Fourier transform near infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics for the rapid determination of fruit authenticity and for the quantification of the fruit content (11).…”

Non-destructive measurement of fracturability and chewiness of apple by FT-NIRS

“…Infrared spectroscopy has been widely used to evaluate the internal quality (SSC, pH, acidity and firmness et al) of fruits such as apple (Bobelyn et al 2010;Fan et al 2009), pear (Paz et al 2009;Sun et al 2009), orange (Liu et al 2010a;Liu et al 2010b), grape (Cao et al 2010), peach (Kurz et al 2010;Ziosi et al 2008), and kiwifruit (Clark et al 2004;Moghimi et al 2010) et al. The first attempts to establish the relationship between sensory texture and NIRS measurements were made by Mehinagic et al (2003) who reported good correlations between penetrometry and sensory texture but poor correlations between NIR and sensory data were found.…”