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Meryem Taskaya, Rikuto Akiyama, Mai Kanetsuna, Murat Yiğit, Yvan Llave, Takashi Matsumoto
AgriEngineering
For high-value-added products such as matcha, scientific confirmation of the origin is essential for quality assurance and fraud prevention. In this study, three nondestructive analytical techniques, specifically fluorescence (FF), near-infrared (NIR), and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, were combined with machine learning algorithms to accurately identify the origin of Japanese matcha. FF data were analyzed using convolutional neural networks (CNNs), whereas NIR and FT-IR spectral data were analyzed using k-nearest neighbors (KNNs), random forest (RF), logistic regression (LR), and support vector machine (SVM) models. The FT-IR–RF model demonstrated the highest accuracy (99.0%), followed by the NIR–KNN (98.7%) and FF–CNN (95.7%) models. Functional group absorption in FT-IR, moisture and carbohydrates in NIR, and amino acid and polyphenol fluorescence in FF contributed to the identification. These findings indicate that the selection of an algorithm appropriate for the characteristics of the spectroscopic data is effective for improving accuracy. This method can quickly and nondestructively identify the origin of matcha and is expected to be applicable to other teas and agricultural products. This new approach contributes to the verification of the authenticity of food and improvement in its traceability.
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Randomized controlled trial
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Matcha is a main subject here (named in the title).
Meryem Taskaya, Rikuto Akiyama, Mai Kanetsuna, Murat Yiğit, Yvan Llave, Takashi Matsumoto. (2026). Identification of the Geographical Origins of Matcha Using Three Spectroscopic Methods and Machine Learning. AgriEngineering. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering8010021
DOI: 10.3390/agriengineering8010021 · Cited by 3 (OpenAlex)
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