TY - JOUR
T1 - Food authentication
T2 - Techniques, trends & emerging approaches
AU - Danezis, Georgios P.
AU - Tsagkaris, Aristidis S.
AU - Camin, Federica
AU - Brusic, Vladimir
AU - Georgiou, Constantinos A.
N1 - Funding Information:
South European countries such as Italy, Spain, France, Portugal and Greece are involved in food authentication studies, as can be seen in Fig. 4 . This is expected as these countries produce a majority of foodstuffs and wines registered as PDO, PGI, or TSG. Yet some countries with high scientific capabilities and large food production, for example USA, stay behind in food authentication. China is an emerging country in the field, showing a rapid growth during the last 5 years ( Fig. 5 ). It is interesting to note that all countries in the top 10 list, except the USA and China, are European. This indicates the interest of Europeans in food authenticity that is supported by national and EU legislation in European countries. Interest in Europe concerning food authentication is also shown by continuous funding from FP 5 to the Horizon 2020 initiative.
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© 2016 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Food authentication is a rapidly growing field due to increasing public awareness concerning food quality and safety. This review presents critically the analytical techniques which are used for authenticity assessment, explaining how and why they give plausible solutions. Classification of different methodologies is based on authenticity indicators providing insight into future developments. Analytical breakthroughs and novel techniques that emerged recently are discussed, along with their applications on food authentication. We have discussed current limits and gaps, related to informatics needs for data analysis of large quantities. Reporting standards and reference database are elaborated indicating urgent needs for the progress of this field. A scientometric evaluation highlighted the research trends and emerging approaches of this evolving field. Popular analytical techniques are commented, while the potential of the field is depicted in the temporal evolution of the research output focusing on geographical distribution of research activity and preferred journals used for dissemination.
AB - Food authentication is a rapidly growing field due to increasing public awareness concerning food quality and safety. This review presents critically the analytical techniques which are used for authenticity assessment, explaining how and why they give plausible solutions. Classification of different methodologies is based on authenticity indicators providing insight into future developments. Analytical breakthroughs and novel techniques that emerged recently are discussed, along with their applications on food authentication. We have discussed current limits and gaps, related to informatics needs for data analysis of large quantities. Reporting standards and reference database are elaborated indicating urgent needs for the progress of this field. A scientometric evaluation highlighted the research trends and emerging approaches of this evolving field. Popular analytical techniques are commented, while the potential of the field is depicted in the temporal evolution of the research output focusing on geographical distribution of research activity and preferred journals used for dissemination.
KW - Adulteration
KW - Analytical techniques
KW - Authenticity
KW - Botanical origin
KW - Food authentication
KW - Fraud
KW - Geographical origin
KW - Scientometric evaluation
KW - Species
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U2 - 10.1016/j.trac.2016.02.026
DO - 10.1016/j.trac.2016.02.026
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84962815610
VL - 85
SP - 123
EP - 132
JO - TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry
JF - TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry
SN - 0165-9936
ER -