Authentication of food or food supplements with medicinal values is important to avoid
adverse toxic effects, provide consumer rights, as well as for certification purpose …

Almost three decades ago Alec Jeffreys published his seminal Nature papers on the use of
minisatellite probes for DNA fingerprinting of humans (Jeffreys and colleagues Nature 1985 …

Monovarietal virgin olive oils (VOOs) are very effective to study relationships among sensory
attributes, the compounds responsible for flavour, and factors affecting them. The stimulation …

Olive (Olea europaea L.) is one of the oldest agricultural tree crops worldwide and is an
important source of oil with beneficial properties for human health. This emblematic tree crop …

This review provides an overview of traceability studies performed to date (April 2009) for
olive oils. Special emphasis has been made on the botanical origin because high-quality …

Media constantly refer of unscrupulous producers that adulterate, alter or replace premium
products in food chains with the goal to maximize illegally profits. Food traceability is a …

In this paper we describe the morphological, histological and chemical characters of 20
native Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G. Don ssp. italicum genotypes collected from different …

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 …

Adulteration of virgin olive oil with less expensive oils is a serious problem for the public and
quality control evaluators of olive oil. That is why olive oil authenticity has become a major …

Fraudulent practices damage the market for premium olive oil; these can involve blending
premium oil with oil produced from poor quality fruit, or adulteration with other plant oils …