Title: | Pomegranate juice adulteration by addition of grape or peach juices |
Author(s): | Nuncio-Jauregui N; Calin-Sanchez A; Hernandez F; Carbonell-Barrachina AA; |
Address: | "Grupo Calidad y Seguridad Alimentaria, Departamento de Tecnologia Agroalimentaria, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Carretera de Beniel, km 3.2, E-03312, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1097-0010 (Electronic) 0022-5142 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "BACKGROUND: Pomegranate juice has gained a high reputation for its health properties and consequently is now a highly demanded product. However, owing to the limited production and high price of fresh pomegranates, adulteration of pomegranate juice seems to be happening. Hence it is imperative to establish criteria for detecting adulteration. RESULTS: Addition of grape juice significantly increased the contents of Ca, Mg and Fe and especially tartaric acid and proline and simultaneously decreased the content of K. Addition of peach juice up to 10% (v/v) only resulted in a significant increase in sucrose content. Regarding the volatile composition, adulteration of pomegranate juice with grape juice resulted in significant increases in acetic acid, isoamyl butyrate and especially 1-hexanol and linalool, while adulteration with peach juice resulted in significant increases in butyl acetate, isobutyl butyrate, benzyl acetate and especially isoamyl butyrate. CONCLUSION: The control protocols used in this study can serve as a basis for identification of pomegranate juice adulteration. It is important to highlight that it is necessary to simultaneously analyze and have results from several parameters to conclude that a particular pomegranate juice has been adulterated by mixing with another fruit juice" |
Keywords: | Acyclic Monoterpenes Beverages/*analysis/economics Dietary Sucrose/analysis *Food Contamination/economics Food Inspection/*methods *Food Labeling/economics *Food Quality Fruit/*chemistry/economics Lactones/analysis Lythraceae/*chemistry Monoterpenes/analy; |
Notes: | "MedlineNuncio-Jauregui, Nallely Calin-Sanchez, Angel Hernandez, Francisca Carbonell-Barrachina, Angel A eng Comparative Study England 2013/07/13 J Sci Food Agric. 2014 Mar 15; 94(4):646-55. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.6300. Epub 2013 Jul 29" |