Food adulteration refers to the alteration of food quality that takes place deliberately. It
includes the addition of ingredients to modify different properties of food products for …

In a world with eminent scarcity of natural resources and increasing incidence of chronic
diseases related to unhealthy eating habits, the search for biologically active and …

Food systems are negatively affected by food frauds with food recalls challenging the
system's sustainability and consumer confidence in food safety. Coffee, an economically …

This review provides current information on the analytical methods used to identify food
adulteration in the six most adulterated food categories: animal origin and seafood, oils and …

Nowadays, consumers expect to be sure that a food product complies with its label and
demand further information regarding the geographical origin of the product. Beverages are …

The increase of food adulteration, inducing losing a large amount of money as well as of the
confidence of consumers, has become an urgent issue for producers, researchers …

Nowadays, food adulteration and authentication are topics of utmost importance for
consumers, food producers, business operators and regulatory agencies. Therefore, there is …

We set up an efficient protocol for the rapid analysis of NMR spectra of green and roasted
coffee extracts, enabling the automatic identification and quantification of metabolites in …

Brazil is still the world's largest producer and exporter of coffee. In order to maximize profits,
some producers may add lower cost materials (such as corn, barley, or even coffee husks) to …

This review provides an overview of recent studies on the potential of spectroscopy
techniques (mid-infrared, near infrared, Raman, and fluorescence spectroscopy) used in …