Research Article

Detection of Lard in Ink Extracted from Printed Food Packaging Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis

Table 1

Characteristic functional groups assignment of lard.

Wavenumbers (cm−1)Functional groupMode of vibration/assignment

721 –(CH2–, –HC=CH– (cis)Rocking, bending out
1096–C–HBending
1160=C–H (cis)Symmetric rocking
1377–C–H (CH3)Symmetric bending
1464–C–H (CH2, CH3)Bending
1747–C=O (ester)Stretching
2850–2980–C–H (CH2, CH3)Symmetric and asymmetric stretching
3007–C–H (CH2, CH3)Symmetric and asymmetric stretching