High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection fingerprinting combined with chemometrics for nut classification and the detection and quantitation of almond-based product adulterations

Economically motivated food fraud has increased in recent years, with adulterations and substitutions of high-quality products being common practice. Moreover, this issue can affect food safety and pose a risk to human health by causing allergies through nut product adulterations. Therefore, in this...

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Autores: Campmajó Galván, Guillem, Saez-Vigo, Ruben, Saurina, Javier, Núñez Burcio, Oscar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/160897
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/160897
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ametlles
Àcid oleic
Quimiometria
Inspecció dels aliments
Cromatografia de líquids d'alta resolució
Almond
Oleic acid
Chemometrics
Food inspection
High performance liquid chromatography
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Sumario:Economically motivated food fraud has increased in recent years, with adulterations and substitutions of high-quality products being common practice. Moreover, this issue can affect food safety and pose a risk to human health by causing allergies through nut product adulterations. Therefore, in this study, high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) fingerprints were used for classification of ten types of nuts, using partial least squares regression-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), as well as for the detection and quantitation of almond-based product (almond flour and almond custard cream) adulterations with hazelnut and peanut, using partial least squares regression (PLS). A satisfactory global nut classification was achieved with PLS-DA. Paired PLS-DA models of almonds in front of their adulterants were also evaluated, producing a classification rate of 100%. Moreover, PLS regression produced low prediction errors (below 6.1%) for the studied adulterant levels, with no significant matrix effect observed.