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        <journal-title>NFSU Journal of Forensic Science</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">nfsujfs</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">3049-2408</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Prof. (Dr.) Naveen Kumar Chaudhary</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">NFSU_JFS120034</article-id>
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        <article-title>A compendious review of Adulteration and Forensic Analysis of Non-Alcoholic Beverages</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Tomar</surname>
            <given-names>Neha</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Gupta</surname>
            <given-names>Lovlish</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Sarin</surname>
            <given-names>Rajendra Kumar</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kumar</surname>
            <given-names>Vijendra</given-names>
          </name>
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      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="aff1">National Forensic Sciences University, Delhi, India</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2026">
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>2</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>1</fpage>
      <lpage>34</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons license.</license-p>
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        <p>
Non-Alcoholic Beverages (NAB) are incumbent part of our life. Humans around the globe have integrated the consumption of Non-alcoholic beverages as a lifestyle routine. In such a scenario, the adulteration of such commonly used beverages is of great concern. The present paper reviews and presents the extensive literature on adulterants of commonly used non-alcoholic beverages such as tea, coffee, milk, juices, soda water, carbonated drinks, etc. The paper also presents extensive review on the forensic chemical analysis and instrumental analysis of such non-alcoholic beverages. Various instruments used in the forensic analysis include Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS), Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS), High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), (Ultraviolet-Visible) UV-vis Spectroscopy, and isotopic dilution, etc. The routine analysis of these Non-Alcoholic Beverages is based on the margin of exposure approach made by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). This review synthesizes data from three prominent databases - Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar - to investigate patterns of adulteration and forensic analysis in non-alcoholic beverages.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>Non-Alcoholic</kwd>
        <kwd>Beverages</kwd>
        <kwd>Adulterants</kwd>
        <kwd>Forensic analysis</kwd>
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