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Getting Juiced

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Hank Hogan

Sugar is sweet, but sometimes its use can lead to bitter results. Such is the case with fruit juice when unscrupulous suppliers use sugar solutions as a replacement for high-cost ingredients in juice drinks to cut costs. Similarly, substituting fruit that is not authentic in Concord grape juice can boost the bottom line. The prospect of money and the inability to detect adulterations easily are factors that tempt manufacturers to alter juice. Now a group from Ohio State University in Columbus has used infrared spectroscopy to sample juice rapidly, achieving 100 percent correct...Read full article

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    Published: July 2007
    Glossary
    infrared spectroscopy
    The measurement of the ability of matter to absorb, transmit or reflect infrared radiation and the relating of the resultant data to chemical structure.
    Basic ScienceFeaturesinfrared spectroscopyOhio State University in ColumbusSensors & Detectorsspectral signaturesspectroscopy

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