Non-Destructive Quantification of Urea Adulteration in Bovine Milk Using Transmittance Multispectral Imaging

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.03113v1
• Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 04:33:02 GMT
• Title: Non-Destructive Quantification of Urea Adulteration in Bovine Milk Using Transmittance Multispectral Imaging
• Abstract summary: Adulteration of bovine milk using urea remains a major food quality and health concern.<n>This study introduces a pragmatic, cost-effective, accurate, and laboratory-validated MSI-based method for quantitative urea estimation.
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• Abstract: Adulteration of bovine milk using urea remains a major food quality and health concern, motivating the development of rapid and quantitative screening tools. Conventional approaches, including laboratory-based analytical methods and spectroscopic techniques, have been used for urea detection; however, many remain less suitable for rapid, low-cost routine screening due to requirements such as specialized instrumentation, sample preparation, chemical reagents, or laboratory operation. This study introduces a pragmatic, cost-effective, accurate, and laboratory-validated MSI-based method for quantitative urea estimation under controlled density conditions using a multispectral-imaging-based regression framework. An in-house-built multispectral imaging system operating in twelve discrete spectral bands (365--940~nm) was used to acquire multispectral images of milk samples prepared with controlled urea addition and water for density balancing. Fresh milk was obtained on the day of image acquisition, and the specific gravity of the milk was verified to be 1.032 at 20°C using a hydrometer. Multiple linear regression provided an initial mapping with a high validation $R^2$ of 0.9599, while a feed-forward neural network further improved predictive performance with a validation $R^2$ of 0.9773. These results demonstrate the feasibility of transmittance multispectral imaging for accurate, non-destructive urea quantification under controlled density-balanced conditions, supporting its potential as a rapid screening approach for milk-quality assessment.

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