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ArticleNPJ science of food2024

Combining NIR spectroscopy with chemometrics for discriminating naturally ripened banana and calcium carbide ripened banana.

John-Lewis Zinia Zaukuu, Sheila Mensah, Eric Tetteh Mensah, Florence Akomanin-Mensah, Solomon Wiredu, Zoltan Kovacs

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John-Lewis Zinia ZaukuuDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. zaukuu.jz@knust.edu.gh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2058-4416
Sheila MensahDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Eric Tetteh MensahDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Florence Akomanin-MensahDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Solomon WireduDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Zoltan KovacsDepartment of Measurements and Process Control, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Somlói út 14-16, Budapest, Hungary. kovacs.zoltan.food@uni-mate.hu.

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Abstract

Calcium carbide is prohibited as a fruit ripening agent in many countries due to its harmful effects. Current methods for detecting calcium carbide in fruit involve time-consuming and destructive chemical analysis techniques, necessitating the need for non-destructive and rapid detection techniques. This study combined near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy with chemometrics to detect two banana varieties ripened with calcium carbide in different forms when they are peeled or unpeeled. Sixteen linear discriminant analysis (LDA) models were developed with high average classification accuracies for classifying banana based on the mode used to ripen banana, type of carbide treatment and the duration of soaking banana in carbide solution. Banana colour was predicted with partial least squared regression (PLSR) models with R

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