Detection of Honey Adulteration by Addition of Glucose via a Microfiber Coupler

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Abstract

Honey adulteration has become more attractive to producers owing to the limited production levels in recent years and the relative high price of honey. Therefore, the need for more effective and accessible methods aiming at detecting honey adulteration has increased. The present research presents a simple and rapid method to detect adulteration in honey falsified by intentional addition of different concentrations of glucose, using a microfiber coupler (MFC). Different percentage ratios of adulterated honey were prepared; namely 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5% and 6%. The sensor was fabricated by flame brushing technique for detection of glucose in adulteration honey. The proposed sensor furnished acceptable results with a sensitivity of 0.9011 μW/%.

Keywords

Glucose, Honey Adulteration, Microfiber Coupler, Silica Microfiber

Divisions

fac_eng,PHYSICS

Funders

Universiti Teknologi MARA Internal Research Grant ARAS (Grant No. 600-RMI/DANA 5/3/ARAS (2/2015)) and LESTARI (Grant No. 600-RMI/DANA 5/3/LESTARI (27/2015))

Publication Title

Advanced Science Letters

Volume

23

Issue

6

Publisher

American Scientific Publishers

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