Research Article

Improvement in Analytical Methods for Determination of Sugars in Fermented Alcoholic Beverages

Table 3

Results of MIR-PLS calibration models for the determination of sugars in alcoholic beverages.

Data treatmentAnalytesPrincipal componentsCalibrationValidation
R2RMSEER2RMSEP

Second derivativeGlucose60.9920.180.9870.55
Second derivativeFructose60.9970.060.9960.28
Second derivativeSucrose60.9890.220.9960.38
Second derivativeMaltose60.9990.040.9970.29

RMSEE: root mean square error of estimation; RMSEP: root mean square error of prediction.