Identification of Adulterants in Extra Virgin Olive Oil Using HS-SPME-GC-MS and Multivariate Data Analysis
Luana Knaul,
Leticia Maria Santos,
Priscila Maria Ramos
et al.
Abstract:Food fraud, such as the adulteration of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), is found to cause substantial negative impacts on both the economy and the health of consumers. This work was aimed at evaluating 19 EVOO samples commercialized in Foz do Iguaçu, a frontier city located around the triple border of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. To detect the presence of adulteration in EVOO samples, the present study employed gas chromatography coupled to flame ionization detector (GC-FID) and headspace solid phase microe… Show more
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