Description
Book SynopsisThere is an increasing interest by consumers for high-quality food products with a clear geographical origin. With these products in demand, suitable analytical techniques are needed for the quality control. Current analytical approaches are mass spectrometry techniques, spectroscopic techniques, separation techniques, and others. Fingerprinting Techniques in Food Authentication and Traceability discusses the principles of the techniques together with their advantages and drawbacks, and reported applications concerning geographical authenticity. A combination of methods analyzing different types of food compounds seems to be the most promising approach to establish the geographical origin. The abundant acquired data are analyzed by chemometrics.
Producing safe and high-quality food is a prerequisite to ensure consumer health and successful domestic and international trade, and is critical to the sustainable development of national agricultural resources.
Table of Contents
Techniques. ICP-MS – LC-MS – GC-MS. Spectroscopic methods – FTIR – NIR. NMR. CE. Flow Injection – MS. DART MS – PTR MS. DNA-based methodologies. Authentication and Traceability. Authentication. Traceability. Multivariate Statistical Techniques. Experimental Design. Data Preprocessing. Classification and Modelling Methods. Validation. Applications. Rice. Wines. Honeys. Meat. Marine Species. Fruit and Vegetables. Chocolate.
