Food authentication: Techniques, trends & emerging approaches

TLDR: This review presents critically the analytical techniques which are used for authenticity assessment, explaining how and why they give plausible solutions, and discusses current limits and gaps, related to informatics needs for data analysis of large quantities.

Abstract: 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.

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Food authentication: Techniques, trends & emerging
approaches
Georgios P. Danezis, Aristidis S. Tsagkaris, Federica Camin, Vladimir Brusic,
Constantinos A. Georgiou
School of Medicine
Abstract
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.
Original language
English
Journal
TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry
State
Accepted/In press - 2016
Danezis, G. P., Tsagkaris, A. S., Camin, F., Brusic, V., & Georgiou, C. A. (2016).
Food authentication: Techniques, trends & emerging approaches. TrAC - Trends in
Analytical Chemistry. DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2016.02.026

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This review presents critically the analytical techniques which are used for authenticity assessment, explaining how and why they give plausible solutions. Analytical breakthroughs and novel techniques that emerged recently are discussed, along with their applications on food authentication. The authors have discussed current limits and gaps, related to informatics needs for data analysis of large quantities. 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.