Comparison of Portable and Benchtop Near-Infrared Spectrometers for the Detection of Citric Acid-adulterated Lime Juice: A Chemometrics Approach.
Reza JahaniSaskia van RuthYannick WeesepoelMartin AlewijnFarzad KobarfardMehrdad FaiziMohammad Hossain Shojaee AliAbadiArash MahboubiAzadeh NasiriHassan YazdanpanahPublished in: Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research : IJPR (2022)
As a proof of concept, NIRS technology coupled with appropriate multivariate classification models enables fast detection of citric acid-adulterated lime juices. In addition, the promising results of portable SW-NIRS combined with SIMCA indicated its use as a screening tool for on-site analysis of lime juices at various stages of the food supply chain.