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The following news is from the Business Standard on August 11, 2104.
Suzana Lucy Nixdorf from State University of Londrina in Brazil had developed a test to detect counterfeit coffeed. People have adulterated coffee with corn, barley, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, acai seed, brown sugar or starch syrup.
The test that they developed uses liquid chromatography and statistical tools. "Unwanted grain fillers generate different levels of sugars than the natural ingredients, so they are easy to identify."
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