Background The food frauds exist since food trade has been introduced in the human life.
They are characterized by some key elements, such as intentionality and economic profit for …

Food adulteration refers to the alteration of food quality that takes place deliberately. It
includes the addition of ingredients to modify different properties of food products for …

Identifying geographical origins of red wines made in specific regions is of significance since
the false claim of geographical origins has been frequently exposed in China's wine …

This review presents the application of spectroscopic methods combined with chemometric
techniques for the detection of adulterant in herbs and spices. As spectroscopic methods are …

We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition,
have retracted the following article: P. García-Oliveira, M. Fraga-Corral, AG Pereira, MA …

Nowadays, food adulteration and authentication are topics of utmost importance for
consumers, food producers, business operators and regulatory agencies. Therefore, there is …

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 …

The aim of this review is threefold. On the one hand, we intend it to serve as a gentle
introduction to the Interacting Quantum Atoms (IQA) methodology for those unfamiliar with it …

Black pepper is the most widely used spice in the world. Spices are highly vulnerable to
economically motivated adulteration as they are high value products and traded along …

Food fraud in herbs and spices is an important topic, which has led to new technologies
being studied as potential tools for fraud identification. Nontargeted technologies have …