Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for food authentication

Authors

Maria Markiewicz-Keszycka, Technological University DublinFollow
Raquel Cama-Moncunill, University College Dublin
Maria Piedad Casado-Gavalda, Technological University DublinFollow
Carl Sullivan, Technological University DublinFollow
P. J. Cullen, University of SydneyFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

3. MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Publication Details

Current Opinion in Food Science

Abstract

With the globalisation of food markets, food authentication has become a significant concern worldwide to ensure food safety and to avoid origin and quality fraud. A multi-elemental fingerprint is a powerful tool for detection of adulterants and geographical origin of foods. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a promising technique that can provide a mineral fingerprint of food products. LIBS allows a rapid, high-throughput, micro-destructive and multi-elemental analysis of a wide range of samples type. It has already been demonstrated by several authors that LIBS can be successfully used for food authentication. Although LIBS shows excellent potential for at-line or portable applications, improvement in sensitivity of trace elements detection, sample preparation, data analysis and instrument miniaturisation are needed.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cofs.2019.10.002

Recommended Citation

Maria Markiewicz-Keszycka, Raquel Cama-Moncunill, Maria Pietat Casado-Gavalda, Carl Sullivan, Patrick J Cullen, Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for food authentication, Current Opinion in Food Science, Volume 28, 2019, Pages 96-103, ISSN 2214-7993, DOI: 10.1016/j.cofs.2019.10.002. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214799319300694)