RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Figure 1 shows the cumulated reflectance spectra of the tomato juice samples. The four varieties have similar spectra
with two reflectance peaks identified around 1 080 and 1 280 nm. The typical absorption bands related to the high
water-content of tomato samples can be seen around 980 (Flores et al., 2009), and two sugar-related peaks appear
also in the spectrum around 1 200 and 1 410 nm. Similar absorption bands were reported in the studies of apricot,
tomato, and passion fruit (Oliveira, 2014).