Three almond cultivars (Lauranne, Marinada, and Vairo) were studied, considering morphological parameters that showed statistical cultivar-dependence but not enabled accurate cultivar recognition. Alternatively, attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) was applied to whole endocarp, kernel, and ground almonds. Both transmittance spectra and respective derivatives (3400–280...
Almond's traceability is of utmost relevance.
Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) was employed to develop multivariate discriminant models for almond cultivar identification. For that, raw transmittance spectra were recorded for ground almonds in the range from 4000 to 500 cm-1 (Figure 1a). As can be inferred from the figure, The ATR-FTIR analysis unveiled distinct transmittance band spectral profiles, particular...