At present, food quality is of utmost importance, not only to comply with commercial
regulations, but also to meet the expectations of consumers; this aspect includes sensory …

Metal oxides are ideal for the fabrication of gas sensors: they are sensitive to many gases
while allowing the device to be simple, tiny, and inexpensive. Nonetheless, their lack of …

Parmigiano Reggiano is a hard cheese with a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)
certification that also applies to the grated product. The percentage of rind in grated …

Devices of human-based senses such as e-noses, e-tongues and e-eyes can be used to
analyze different compounds in several food matrices. These sensors allow the detection of …

In this work, a novel low-cost and non-destructive method for true cinnamon authentication-
based on Near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and chemometrics-is presented …

The chemical composition of Parmigiano Reggiano (PR) hard cheese can be significantly
affected by different factors across the dairy supply chain, including ripening, altimetric zone …

Fermented foods are sensitive to the production conditions because of microbial and
enzymatic activities, which requires intelligent flavor sensing system (IFSS) to monitor and …

Low-cost electronic noses, ie arrays of non-specific gas sensors, have many applications for
quality assessment in the food production, storage and retail industries. Classifying …

Raman spectroscopy, and handheld spectrometers in particular, are gaining increasing
attention in food quality control as a fast, portable, non-destructive technique. Furthermore …

Tea is the second most consumed beverage, and its aroma, determined by volatile
compounds (VOCs) present in leaves or developed during the processing stages, has a …