The increase of food adulteration, inducing losing a large amount of money as well as of the
confidence of consumers, has become an urgent issue for producers, researchers …

Background Food frauds and counterfeit products produced to obtain economic advantages
have become a growing concern over the last decade. The assessment of food safety and …

The development of analytical strategies to fight against food fraud is currently one of the
most developing fields in food science as the food value chain becomes increasingly …

Food fraud is a matter of major concern as many foods and beverages do not follow their
labelling. Because of economic interests, as well as consumers' health protection, the …

In the last decade, the use of multivariate statistical techniques developed for analytical
chemistry has been adopted widely in food science and technology. Usually, chemometrics …

Since adulteration can have serious consequences on human health, it affects market
growth by destroying consumer confidence. Therefore, authentication of food is important for …

Fingerprinting methods describe a variety of analytical methods that provide analytical
signals related to the composition of foodstuffs in a non-selective way such as by collecting a …

The assessment of food authenticity is a topic that gained a lot of interest at the international
level. This term includes misidentification of variety, origin, production system, processing …

Food adulteration occurs globally and in many facets and affects almost all food
commodities. Adulteration not only constitutes a considerable economic problem but also …

In times of increasing globalization and the resulting complexity of trade flows, securing food
quality is an increasing challenge. The development of analytical methods for checking the …