Use of FTIR Technology for the analysis of Sugars and Sweeteners in alcoholic Beverages and in the Food Industry

Review of the potential use of FTIR technology for the identification and quantification of sugars in alcoholic beverages and of sugars and sweeteners in food industry products such as juices and soft drinks, including examples of the use of concentration prediction models.

Presenter: Rogelio García Juárez (Application Scientist, Agilent Technologies, Inc.)

Rogelio García has a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University National of Mexico and a Master´s degree in Environmental Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute. He worked in environmental laboratories in the development of methods and applications in water, soil, and air and method design for the pharmaceutical and food industry. He also worked in the implementation of quality management systems in laboratories to obtain accreditation in the 17025 standard, validation process, and analysis of the uncertainty of the method. In 2015, he joined Agilent Technologies as an Application Scientist for Molecular Spectroscopy in UV-Vis, FTIR, and Raman techniques, at Agilent México and Latin America.