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Rapid Identification of Konjac Flour with Adulterated Hydroxypropyl Starch based on Mid-infrared Spectroscopy

WU Yue-jiao,DONG Gang,ZHANG Sheng-lin,HAO Xin-mei,ZHONG Geng   

  1. 1. College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China;2. Guangdong Strong Group Co. Ltd., Shenzhen 518067,China;3. College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China;4. National Undergraduate Experiment Teaching Demonstration Center of Food Science and Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
  • Online:2013-12-25 Published:2014-01-03

Abstract:

Mid-infrared spectroscopy was used to rapidly identify konjac flour with adulterated hydroxypropyl starch.
Fourier transform mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectroscopy (400-4000 cm-1) coupled with partial least squares (PLS) regression
was applied to establish an identification model of konjac flour authenticity. The prediction model provided a coefficient of
determination (R2), root-mean-square error of prediction (RMSEP) and standard deviation ratio of 0.9732, 0.0248 and 5.36,
respectively. The results obtained in this study indicated that mid-infrared spectroscopy could be used as a tool to identify
konjac flour with adulterated hydroxypropyl starch.

Key words: mid-infrared spectroscopy, rapid identification, adulteration, konjac flour