| Literature DB >> 24128488 |
P R Trincherini1, C Baffi, P Barbero, E Pizzoglio, S Spalla.
Abstract
Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (TIMS) was applied to discriminate a total of 118 tomato samples (berries, "passata", tinned tomatoes, sauce, double and triple concentrate) coming from two different countries. The TIMS technique gave significantly different results for the (87)Sr/(86)Sr ratios and δ‰ values between Chinese and Italian tomato samples, irrespective of the treatment type. This technique proved to be a "robust" method, suitable for a precise discrimination of the two geographical origins. TIMS was able, within the Italian samples, to discriminate different geographical production areas, by virtue of different (87)Sr/(86)Sr ratios and δ‰ values. This technique could be employed in the field of food safety and quality, as a profitable tool for authenticating tomato geographical origin.Entities:
Keywords: Food authentication; Fraud; Geographical origin; Strontium isotopic composition; TIMS; Tomato
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24128488 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.08.030
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Food Chem ISSN: 0308-8146 Impact factor: 7.514