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    • Figure 1. 

      Experimental scheme of puree reformation, quality characterizations, and spectral acquisition.

    • Figure 2. 

      Boxplot of colors (a* and b*), rheological parameters (η50), total sugars (TSC), titratable acidity (TA) and fructose of different formulated puree groups.

    • Figure 3. 

      Process of Vis-NIR spectral data by multivariate resolution alternative least square (MCR-ALS) and spectral reconstruction of formulated purees.

    • Figure 4. 

      Overview of the applied methodology of Vis-NIR spectra pre-processing, spectral variable selection, spectral reconstruction and multivariate regression.

    • Figure 5. 

      Principal component analysis (PCA) of the SNV pre-treated Vis-NIR spectra of four single cultivar purees. (a) Discrimination map of four apple cultivars. (b) Beta-coefficients of first principal component (PC1). (c) Beta-coefficients of second principal component (PC2).

    • Figure 6. 

      ANOVA results of the SNV pre-treated (a) visible (500–780 nm) spectra and (b) NIR (780–2,500 nm) spectra of all formulated apple purees.

    • ParametersRangeSDMethodsVariablesPLSR
      $\rm R_c^2 $RMSEC$\rm R_p^2 $RMSEPRPD
      L*41.6−48.91.5FULL2,7220.870.60.730.71.76
      SPA60.830.60.810.62.13
      CARS510.870.60.810.62.14
      UVE1,2590.880.50.800.62.06
      a*(−4.8)−2.42.0FULL2,7220.980.30.960.45.17
      SPA60.980.30.960.45.24
      CARS330.980.30.970.35.56
      UVE1,5960.980.30.970.45.38
      b*9.6−18.41.7FULL2,7220.710.90.541.21.48
      SPA70.730.90.581.21.54
      CARS1430.750.80.571.21.53
      UVE9970.750.80.591.21.55
      Viscosity η100834−1,721210FULL2,7220.8384.60.7998.22.17
      SPA90.7995.50.8292.42.30
      CARS440.8483.30.8291.22.33
      UVE1,1930.8776.00.8585.42.49
      Viscosity η50526−1,029119FULL2,7220.8840.20.8350.82.38
      SPA110.8249.00.8251.52.35
      CARS1660.8643.60.8547.12.57
      UVE1,1330.8840.90.8744.52.73
      DMC (g/g FW)0.14−0.170.01FULL2,7220.740.0040.490.0061.39
      SPA90.560.0060.500.0061.42
      CARS920.750.0040.580.0051.56
      UVE1,4970.800.0040.630.0051.66
      TSC (g/kg FW)93.2−145.412.6FULL2,7220.962.70.903.63.57
      SPA90.962.80.923.63.53
      CARS1010.972.70.923.53.66
      UVE1,5310.962.70.923.63.63
      TA (meq/kg FW)28.0−94.816.2FULL2,7220.960.30.910.53.31
      SPA100.940.40.900.53.12
      CARS920.960.30.910.53.37
      UVE10610.960.30.910.53.34
      pH3.39−4.470.23FULL27220.900.070.860.092.57
      SPA80.690.130.690.141.76
      CARS510.880.080.880.092.69
      UVE1,3850.880.080.870.092.73
      Glucose (g/kg FW)13.2−28.33.7FULL2,7220.861.20.851.32.42
      SPA50.851.30.841.42.51
      CARS380.871.10.861.32.58
      UVE1,1810.861.20.851.32.54
      Fructose (g/kg FW)40.2−80.39.1FULL2,7220.714.90.546.01.46
      SPA120.595.80.576.21.42
      CARS920.645.50.615.51.61
      UVE1,2350.635.60.615.51.61
      Sucrose (g/kg FW)33.2−57.35.5FULL2,7220.742.80.663.11.72
      SPA160.673.20.643.21.65
      CARS920.732.90.633.31.61
      UVE1,2790.673.20.643.41.60
      Malic acid (g/kg FW)3.0−8.81.3FULL2,7220.930.30.910.43.33
      SPA200.910.40.900.43.16
      CARS920.920.40.910.43.34
      UVE9520.920.40.920.43.36
      $\rm R_c^2 $: determination coefficient of the calibration test; $\rm R_p^2 $: determination coefficient of the external prediction test; RMSEP: root mean square error of prediction test; RPD: the residual predictive deviation of the prediction test.

      Table 1. 

      PLS prediction of physical, chemical and rheological parameters of all formulated purees using Vis-NIR (500–2,500 nm) spectra or their selected spectral variables based on SPA, CARS and UVE methods.

    • ParametersRangeSDLVsPLSR
      $\rm R_c^2 $RMSEC$\rm R_p^2 $RMSEPRPD
      L*41.6−48.91.5100.770.70.620.81.57
      a*(−4.8)−2.42.080.910.60.920.63.30
      b*9.6−18.41.790.581.00.421.41.31
      Viscosity η100834−1721210100.81870.81962.22
      Viscosity η50526−1029119100.82480.82542.26
      DMC (g/g FW)0.14−0.170.01100.570.0050.430.0061.38
      TSC (g/kg FW)93.2−145.412.6100.913.60.864.82.64
      TA (meq/kg FW)28.0−94.816.280.920.40.850.62.55
      pH3.39−4.470.23100.840.090.850.102.47
      Glucose (g/kg FW)13.2−28.33.7100.851.30.821.52.25
      Fructose (g/kg FW)40.2−80.39.1100.685.00.605.61.58
      Sucrose (g/kg FW)33.2−57.35.5130.822.30.772.62.08
      Malic acid (g/kg FW)3.0−8.81.380.930.30.860.52.67
      $\rm R_c^2 $: determination coefficient of the calibration test; $\rm R_p^2 $: determination coefficient of the external prediction test; RMSEP: root mean square error of prediction test; RPD: the residual predictive deviation of prediction.

      Table 2. 

      Prediction results of chemical and rheological parameters of all formulated purees from the reconstructed spectra computed by the concentration of MCR-ALS and the selected spectral variables of single-cultivar purees.