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Position-Specific 13C Isotope Analysis by NMR as a Tool for Authentication of Ethanol-Containing Beverages

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It was established that irm-13C NMR is a performant tool to study the 13C intramolecular distribution in ethanol and that is the efficient way to assess the position-specific isotope compositions in the parent carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, or sucrose). Furthermore, intramolecular 13C isotope distribution of ethanol are highly consistent with those obtained using irm-MS coupled before head to a hyphenated GC-Pyrolysis-GC device. It is therefore routinely used for the authentication of fruit-based products and other products containing sugars. Irm-13C NMR is notably a powerful tool for detection of all sources of added sugar, including the previously undetectable cane and maize sources, readily available in pineapple- and tequila-producing countries. Eventually, a correlation was shown between vine water status and the intramolecular 13C distribution. Therefore, irm-13C NMR can be applied for retracing growing conditions of the vines which produced a given wine, even many years after the grapes’ harvest.

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  1. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

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  2. Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

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  3. Eurofins Analytics France, Nantes, France

    Freddy Thomas

  4. Nantes Université, Nantes, France

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Gilbert, A., Thomas, F., Akoka, S. (2023). Position-Specific 13C Isotope Analysis by NMR as a Tool for Authentication of Ethanol-Containing Beverages. In: Yoshida, N., Gilbert, A., Foriel, J. (eds) Handbook of Isotopologue Biogeochemistry. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7048-8_39-1

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