Baobab fruit pulp powder (BFPP) is susceptible to economically driven adulteration owing to its incredible nutrient density and rapidly expanding demand worldwide. In this study, a portable NIR spectroscopy (wavelength 900-1700 nm) coupled with chemometrics was used for the detection of BFPP adulteration. BFPP samples separately adulterated with rice flour (RF), wheat flour (WF), and maize flour (MF) at 0%, 1%, 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 40%, 50% and 60% concentrations were subjected to NIR spectroscopy. Two-class models proved to be reliable with sensitivity and specificity of above 0.98 and an error of below 0.01. Four-class models attained sensitivity and specificity of above 0.68 and an error of below 0.276. The correlation coefficient (R 2 ) and root mean square error (RMSE) of the prediction set were above 0.88 and below 6.20% respectively for PLSR models. The LODs were also below 13.79%. Therefore, NIR spectroscopy has a promising potential for rapid screening of BFPP adulterations.