Patent ID: 11959860
Assignee: PRODUCTEURS ET PRODUCTRICES ACÉRICOLES DU QUÉBEC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for the detection of an off-flavor buddy maple sap or an off-flavor maple syrup made from buddy maple sap comprising contacting a sample of maple syrup or maple sap with a nanoparticle reactive with a buddy sample of maple syrup or maple sap having a size of from about 1 nm to about 250 nm, and measuring a spectrophotometric property of the nanoparticle in contact with the sample of maple syrup or maple sap,
wherein
a change in said spectrophotometric property relative to a same type of spectrophotometric property measurement made on a good flavor maple syrup or maple sap sample, is associated with an off-flavor maple syrup or sap sample, and
no change in said spectrophotometric property relative to a same type of spectrophotometric property measurement made on a good flavor maple syrup or maple sap sample, is associated with a good flavor maple syrup or maple sap sample.