Spectral analysis of bacanora (agave-derived liquor) by using FT-Raman spectroscopy

Valentin Ortega Clavero; Andreas Weber; Werner Schröder; Dan Curticapean

doi:10.1117/12.2228840

29 April 2016 Spectral analysis of bacanora (agave-derived liquor) by using FT-Raman spectroscopy

Valentin Ortega Clavero, Andreas Weber, Werner Schröder, Dan Curticapean

Proceedings Volume 9899, Optical Sensing and Detection IV; 98992T (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228840
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2016, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

The industry of the agave-derived bacanora, in the northern Mexican state of Sonora, has been growing substantially in recent years. However, this higher demand still lies under the inﬂuences of a variety of social, legal, cultural, ecological and economic elements. The governmental institutions of the state have tried to encourage a sustainable development and certain levels of standardization in the production of bacanora by applying different economical and legal strategies. However, a large portion of this alcoholic beverage is still produced in a traditional and rudimentary fashion. Beyond the quality of the beverage, the lack of proper control, by using adequate instrumental methods, might represent a health risk, as in several cases traditional-distilled beverages can contain elevated levels of harmful materials. The present article describes the qualitative spectral analysis of samples of the traditional-produced distilled beverage bacanora in the range from 0 cm⁻¹ to 3500 cm⁻¹ by using a Fourier Transform Raman spectrometer. This particular technique has not been previously explored for the analysis of bacanora, as in the case of other beverages, including tequila. The proposed instrumental arrangement for the spectral analysis has been built by combining conventional hardware parts (Michelson interferometer, photo-diodes, visible laser, etc.) and a set of self-developed evaluation algorithms. The resulting spectral information has been compared to those of pure samples of ethanol and to the spectra from diﬀerent samples of the alcoholic beverage tequila. The proposed instrumental arrangement can be used the analysis of bacanora.

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Valentin Ortega Clavero, Andreas Weber, Werner Schröder, and Dan Curticapean "Spectral analysis of bacanora (agave-derived liquor) by using FT-Raman spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 9899, Optical Sensing and Detection IV, 98992T (29 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228840

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