Sorghum is a type of brewing material. The starch content of different kinds of mixed sorghum affect the quality and yield of liquor. Therefore, an accurate and efficient detection of its starch content is of great significance to obtain high‐quality and high‐yield of liquor. Based on the data of single visible light (Vis), near‐infrared (NIR), and Vis and NIR fusion, this study develops a genetic algorithm optimization BP neural network (GA‐BPNN) model and a particle swarm optimization support vector machine model. It is deduced that the model based on the data from the Vis and NIR fusion has the highest performance in predicting the starch content of mixed sorghum. For the prediction of amylose, the GA‐BPNN model developed after using the Pearson correlation coefficient to select the characteristic wavelength for fusion, has the highest performance (RMSEP = .0298 and = .9948). For the prediction of amylopectin, the GA‐BPNN model developed after fusion of spectral features extracted by principal component analysis, has the highest performance (RMSEP = .0213 and = .9985). In conclusion, the hyperspectral imaging combined with data fusion can rapidly and accurately detect the starch content of mixed sorghum.Practical ApplicationsAs the single raw material of Maotai‐flavor liquor and the main raw material of Luzhou‐flavor liquor, the amylopectin content of sorghum directly affects the quality of liquor. Its amylose content also affects the yield of liquor. Because the different varieties of sorghum have different amylose and amylopectin content, liquor manufacturers often use several mixed varieties of sorghum as a brewing material. In order to ensure the quality and yield of liquor, it is particularly crucial to detect the amylose and amylopectin content variables of blended sorghum. The traditional sorghum starch content determination methods, such as the chemical detection methods and near infrared spectroscopy, have the disadvantages of destructiveness, low efficiency, and low detection accuracy. In the process of liquor brewing, the traditional detection methods cannot guide the timely adjustment of brewing process parameters. The hyperspectral imaging technology is widely used in food material detection, due to its fast and nondestructive advantages. The data fusion technology can fuse data from different sources of the same object to be detected, in order to obtain more comprehensive data for the development of accurate prediction models. This study uses the hyperspectral imaging combined with data fusion in order to quickly and accurately predicts the starch content (amylose, amylopectin) of mixed sorghum, which has a guiding significance for the timely adjustment of process parameters in the brewing process of liquor. In addition, it provides an accurate method for the component detection of other grains.
The total acid content of Daqu during fermentation directly influences the quality of the Daqu. Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) was used to rapidly and accurately detect the total acid content of Daqu. The performances of two spectral ranges obtained by two hyperspectral cameras for Daqu total acid content were compared. Different pretreatment methods were used to build the partial least squares regression (PLSR) model, and the optimal pretreatment for the corresponding spectra was determined. A combination of principal component analysis (PCA) and successive projection algorithm (SPA) was used to select the feature wavelengths. The PCA algorithm optimized by SPA was more accurate than the PCA algorithm alone when extracting the feature wavelengths. PLSR, backpropagation neural network (BP), and the backpropagation‐genetic algorithm (BP‐GA) model were developed to predict the total acid content of the Daqu samples by using the full wavelengths and feature wavelengths, respectively. The predictive performance of each model was compared and analyzed. The optimal model was the MSC + PCA‐SPA+BP‐GA model (Rc2 = 0.8832, RMSEC = 0.1163, Rp20.25em = 0.9724, RMSEP = 0.0593, RPD = 4.2860, AB_RMSE = 0.0570). In addition, the distribution of total acid content within the region of interest (ROI) of Daqu samples was visualized at different fermentation stages using the optimized model. These results show that HSI technology can rapidly and precisely detect the total acid content of Daqu and visualize the content distribution, which provides important technical support for upgrading and transforming the liquor.
Practical Applications
Daqu is the saccharifying agent, leavening agent, and aroma‐generating agent of liquor brewing. During the fermentation process, the total acid content is an important indicator for the quality evaluation of Daqu. Therefore, it is highly significant to detect the total acid content in Daqu quickly and accurately. The HSI technique is widely used to detect the contents of various substances in food. In this study, the HSI technique combining the PCA‐SPA and BP‐GA algorithms was established to detect the total acid content of Daqu, and a satisfactory result was obtained, showing that HSI technology combined with an optimized algorithm could be used to realize rapid and accurate detection of the total acid content of Daqu. In addition, the predictive model proposed in this study is not only applicable for detecting other food substances but also this method has great potential for real‐time indicators detection in winery for future work.
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