Single-kernel near infrared analysis of bulk wheat heterogeneity a theory of sampling reference study. An Abstract from NIR news

Erik Tønning,^a Lars Nørgaard,^b Søren B. Engelsen,^b Lene Pedersen^c and Kim H. Esbensen^d
^aDepartment of Food Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, DK-5792 Aarslev, Denmark. E-mail: erik.tonning@agrsci.dk
^bDepartment of Food Science, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. E-mail: lan@life.ku.dk, se@life.ku.dk
^cDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark. E-mail: lp@kbm.sdu.dk
^dACABS, Aalborg University Esbjerg, DK-6700 Esbjerg, Denmark. E-mail: kes@aaue.dk

This is a brief overview on the quantitative breakdown of all sampling and analytical errors encountered by the authors in their recent work on the determination of protein content in bulk wheat using single-kernel near infrared spectroscopy.