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Evaluation of milk and dairy products by electronic tongue

Mirjana Hruškar ; Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Nikola Major
Marina Krpan
Ines Panjkota Krbavčić
Goran Šarić
Ksenija Marković
Nada Vahčić

Abstract

The concept of electronic tongue or taste sensor has been developed rapidly in the last decade due to their large potential in food quality control. The electronic tongue is based on electrochemical sensors combined with multivariate data analysis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the discriminating ability of the electronic tongue for the recognition of different milk and yoghurt samples from different producers and various dairy products from one producer. The results were evaluated by multivariate data analysis - Principal components analysis. The electronic tongue α-ASTREE (Alpha M.O.S) has successfully distinguished five brands of milk purchased on the Croatian market, five brands of yoghurt also purchased on Croatian market and differentiated among various products from one dairy producer.

Keywords

electronic tongue; dairy products; sensor array

Hrčak ID:

40508

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/40508

Publication date:

5.9.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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