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Biswas A, Hazra SK, Chaudhari SR. Detection of barley malt syrup as an adulterant in honey by 1H NMR profile. Food Chem 2023; 429:136842. [PMID: 37454619 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.136842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
Abstract
Currently, Barley Malt Syrup (BMS) is one of the forms of growing adulteration in honey. However, there have been no reports regarding its identification by NMR. In this aspect, we proposed a 1H NMR profiling method to discriminate between authentic and honey adulterated with BMS. The authenticated honey samples were artificially adulterated with varying percentages of BMS. It was found that a marker peak primarily falling around the 5.40 ppm region exhibited discrimination between pure and adulterated samples. Furthermore, NMR data of the samples were analyzed using statistical models. The findings demonstrate that NMR sugar profiles region, when combined with PCA analysis, can effectively detect varying degrees of adulteration. Despite qualitative nature of the outcomes, spiking studies have revealed that approach can reliably identify sugar addition at levels as low as 5-10%. Overall, NMR-based approach proves to be effective in detecting BMS as an adulterant in honey.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anisha Biswas
- Department of Plantation Products, Spice and Flavor Technology, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka 570020, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Department of Plantation Products, Spice and Flavor Technology, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka 570020, India
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- Department of Plantation Products, Spice and Flavor Technology, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka 570020, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India.
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Oroian M, Dranca F, Ropciuc S, Pauliuc D. A comparative study regarding the adulteration detection of honey: Physicochemical parameters vs. impedimetric data. Curr Res Food Sci 2023; 7:100642. [PMID: 38115897 PMCID: PMC10728335 DOI: 10.1016/j.crfs.2023.100642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023] Open
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Honey adulteration is a major issue for European Union and its members because of an unfair practice of different producers and beekeepers, many adulterations involve the addition of sweet, concentrated syrups which may appear like honey. In our study we analysed the influence of adulteration of tilia honey with different syrups (such as corn, rice, inverted sugar, agave, maple syrups) in different percentages (5%, 10%, and 20% respectively) on physicochemical parameters (moisture content, L*, hab,cab, pH, free acidity, electrical conductivity (EC), 5-hydroxymetilfurfural (HMF), fructose, glucose, sucrose, turanose, trehalose, melesitose and raffinose) and impedimetric properties using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The impedimetric sensing was made using an electrochemical cell composed of two gold electrodes, and the frequency ranged between 0.1 kHz and 100 kHz. The impedimetric parameters (Z', Z″ and phase) and Randal circuit parameters can distinguish the authentic honeys from the adulterated ones (based on the adulteration agent and adulteration percentage, respectively). The partial least squares - discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) and support vector machines (SVM) were used in a binary mode to separate the authentic honeys from the adulterated ones, and the SVM proved to separate much better than PLS-DA.
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- Mircea Oroian
- Faculty of Food Engineering, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
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- Faculty of Food Engineering, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
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- Faculty of Food Engineering, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
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- Faculty of Food Engineering, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
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Razavi R, Kenari RE. Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy combined with machine learning as a rapid detection method to the predict adulteration of honey. Heliyon 2023; 9:e20973. [PMID: 37886742 PMCID: PMC10597822 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Honey is often adulterated with inexpensive and artificial sweeteners. To overcome the time-consuming honey adulteration tests, which require precision, chemicals, and sample preparation, it is needful to develop trustworthy analytical methods to assure its authenticity. In the present study, the potential of ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) in predicting the sucrose content was evaluated by using Support Vector Regression (SVR) and Partial Least Square Regression (PLSR). To predict the sucrose content based on diagnostic wavelengths, a Point Spectro Transfer Function (PSTF) was evaluated using Multiple Linear Regression (MLR). For this purpose, the spectra of authentic (n = 12), commercial (n = 12), and adulterated (n = 16) honey samples were recorded. Four distinguished wavelengths from correlation analysis between sucrose content and spectra absorption were 216, 280, 316, and 603 nm. The SVR performed better calibration model than the PLSR estimations (RMSE = 0.97, and R2 = 0.98). The predictive models result revealed that both models had high accuracy for the sucrose content estimation. This study proved that UV-Vis spectroscopy provides an economical alternative for the rapid quantification of adulterated honey samples with sucrose.
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- Razie Razavi
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Mazandaran, Iran, Postal code: 48181-68984
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Mazandaran, Iran, Postal code: 48181-68984
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Ropciuc S, Dranca F, Pauliuc D, Oroian M. Honey authentication and adulteration detection using emission - excitation spectra combined with chemometrics. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 293:122459. [PMID: 36812751 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.122459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of emission-excitation matrices for honey authentication and adulteration detection. For this purpose, 4 types of authentic honeys (tilia, sunflower, acacia and rape) and samples adulterated with different adulteration agents (agave, maple, inverted sugar, corn and rice in different percentages - 5%, 10% and 20%) were analysed. Each honey type and each adulteration agent exhibit unique emission-excitation spectra that can be used for the classification according to the botanical origin and for the detection of adulteration. The principal component analysis clearly separated the rape, sunflower and acacia honeys. The partial least squares - discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) and support vector machines (SVM) were used in a binary mode to separate the authentic honeys from the adulterated ones, and the SVM proved to separate much better than PLS-DA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sorina Ropciuc
- Faculty of Food Engineering, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
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- Faculty of Food Engineering, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
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- Faculty of Food Engineering, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
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- Faculty of Food Engineering, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania.
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Tomczyk M, Czerniecka-Kubicka A, Miłek M, Sidor E, Dżugan M. Tracking of Thermal, Physicochemical, and Biological Parameters of a Long-Term Stored Honey Artificially Adulterated with Sugar Syrups. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28041736. [PMID: 36838722 PMCID: PMC9966662 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28041736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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The growing phenomenon of honey adulteration prompts the search for simple methods to confirm the authenticity of honey. The aim of the study was to evaluate the changes in thermal characteristics, physicochemical parameters, antioxidant and enzymatic activity of honey subjected to artificial adulteration. Two series of products were prepared with the use of two different sugar syrups with an increasing dosage of adulterant (0 to 30%). After 24 months of storage, the quality of adulterated samples (partially crystallized) was assessed in comparison to the control honey (solid). Used adulteration changed physicochemical parameters and reduced antioxidant and enzymatic activity of honey (p < 0.05). The admixture of syrup and invert (p < 0.05) reduced the viscosity of liquid phase of delaminated honey in a dose-dependent manner. In the study, artificially adulterated honeys were controlled using the standard differential scanning calorimetry, DSC. In all adulterated honeys, a specific glass transition, TG, was observed in the range of 34-38.05 °C, which was not observed for control honey and pure adulterants. Moreover, the additional Tgs were observed in a wide range from -19.5 °C to 4.10 °C for honeys adulterated by syrup only. In turn, the Tg in range of 50.4-57.6 °C was observed only for the honeys adulterated by invert. These specific Tg seem to be useful to detect honey adulteration and to identify the kind of adulterant used.
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- Monika Tomczyk
- Department of Chemistry and Food Toxicology, Institute of Food Technology and Nutrition, University of Rzeszow, Ćwiklińskiej 1a St., 35-601 Rzeszow, Poland
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-178721721
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical College of Rzeszow University, University of Rzeszow, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Food Toxicology, Institute of Food Technology and Nutrition, University of Rzeszow, Ćwiklińskiej 1a St., 35-601 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Food Toxicology, Institute of Food Technology and Nutrition, University of Rzeszow, Ćwiklińskiej 1a St., 35-601 Rzeszow, Poland
- Doctoral School, University of Rzeszow, Poland, Rejtana 16c, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Food Toxicology, Institute of Food Technology and Nutrition, University of Rzeszow, Ćwiklińskiej 1a St., 35-601 Rzeszow, Poland
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Yan S, Wang W, Zhao W, Tian W, Wang X, Wu L, Xue X. Identification of the maturity of acacia honey by an endogenous oligosaccharide: A preliminary study. Food Chem 2023; 399:134005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.134005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ji P, Liu X, Yang C, Wu F, Sun J, Cao W, Zhao H. Natural crystallization properties of honey and seed crystals-induced crystallization process for honey performance enhancing. Food Chem 2022; 405:134972. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.134972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Dranca F, Ropciuc S, Pauliuc D, Oroian M. Honey adulteration detection based on composition and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) parameters. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2022.113910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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