Background Traditional silicon-based sensors provide a viable solution for packaging,
detection, and quality control of agri-food in the cold chain. However, the limitations such as …

Background Cereals around the globe are consumed as a staple food owing to the provision
of essential nutrients. Their quality attributes are increasingly attracting the attention of …

Cracks in concrete can cause the degradation of stiffness, bearing capacity and durability of
civil infrastructure. Hence, crack diagnosis is of great importance in concrete research. On …

The authenticity of rice has become an important issue over the last few years. Many
techniques have been employed in rice authentication including geographical origin …

Element profiling is a powerful tool for detecting fraud related to claims of geographical
origin. However, these methods must be continuously developed, as mixtures of different …

Due to the risk of occurrence of several food-related diseases, quality control of the human-
consumed products is particularly needed. For this purpose, elemental analysis is a useful …

Due to the similarity in the grain and difference in the market value among many rice
varieties, deliberate mislabeling and adulteration has become a serious problem. To check …

Nowadays, a wide range of non-traditional gluten-free products can be purchased. Although
consumers identify all these as being similar, their nutritional composition can differ …

Quinoa is a naturally gluten-free pseudocereal receiving growing attentions worldwide.
Herein, front-face synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy (FFSFS) was applied for the fast …

Food products, especially those with high value-added, are commonly subjected to strict
quality controls, which are of paramount importance, especially for attesting to some peculiar …