Highlights•Rice traceability is essential to prevent illegal rice trading and assure its
quality.•Metabolomics approaches are feasible for rice traceability and quality …

High-value agricultural products are characterized by the geographical conditions of the
production areas such as climatic and soil conditions. These products are protected by the …

A pilot study was conducted to develop nondestructive calibration models to discriminate
organic and conventional rice from selected field trials in Heilongjiang Province, China …

The increasing demand for organic foods creates, in turn, a pressing need for the
development of more accurate tools for the authentication of organic food in order to ensure …

Herein, we improve the procedure for organic rice authentication using compound-specific δ
13 C and δ 15 N analyses of fatty acids and amino acids, addressing the increasing demand …

To overcome the lack of consumer trust in ecofriendly products due to low reliability of
ecofriendly certification and decreasing areas certified for growing ecofriendly agricultural …

In order to verify the authenticity of organic products, multivariate data (δ 15 N values, key-
metabolites and mineral content) were used to classify organic and conventional peppers …

Accurate authentication of ecofriendly shiitake, such as organic and pesticide-free shiitake,
is required to improve food safety and to increase reliability of the national agrofood …

The characteristics of the relationship of natural 15N abundances (δ15N values) between
rice and soil in organic farming and conventional farming were examined, and the possibility …

We analyzed the δ13C, δ15N and δ18O values and Hg concentration in red meat products
originating from the predominant types sold in Japan for human consumption: two …