The DOST, in collaboration with the Cavite State University, has developed an affordable field test kit for makers of “lambanog,” the native liquor derived from the sap of unopened coconut flowers.
Also called methyl alcohol, wood alcohol or carbinol, methanol is commonly used as a solvent or fuel and is also found in some household products like varnish and antifreeze.
Project leader Hosea Matel of CvSU and science research specialist Jon Uriel Layos presented the project titled “Development of Field-Test Kit for Detection of Methanol Contamination in Alcoholic Beverages” during the recent DOST Regional Science and Technology Week. DOST Calabarzon Regional Director Emelita Bagsit explained that the Philippine standard for methanol remained “vague” and did not indicate the exact concentration limit.
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