“…DNA analysis has recently emerged as a novel and efficient technology in food tests, initially developed for the detection of GM food ingredients (Hemmer, 1997;Hurst, Knight, & Bruce, 1999;Peano, Samson, Palmieri, Gulli, Marmiroli, 2004), and now expanding to species and cultivar discrimination of raw material in food and feed (Busconi et al, 2003;Hunt, Parkes, & Davies, 1997;Krcmar & Rencova, 2003;Pasqualone, Montemurro, Caponio, & Blanco, 2004;Siret, Gigaud, Rosec, & This, 2002).The prerequisite for DNA analysis of processed food is the availability of high quality genomic DNA. Studies on DNA extraction from wheat flour and baked products (Tilley, 2004) and soybean and maize products (Peano et al, 2004) demonstrated that there is significant DNA degradation during food processing, particularly when chemical and enzymatic treatment is applied, and that sometimes the extracted DNA is only useful for amplification of DNA fragment of less than 300 bp.…”