Description
Food Forensics
Stable Isotopes as a Guide to Authenticity and Origin
Coordinators: Carter James F., Chesson Lesley A.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Food Forensics:
Keywords
Compound Specific Carbon Isotope Analysis; Compound Specific Carbon Stable Isotope; Stable isotope ratio analysis; SIRA; VPDB Scale; carbon; nitrogen; sulphur; hydrogen; oxygen; strontium isotopes; GNIP Database; isotopic fractionation; isotopic source signals; Grape Vines; grass-fed; wild; farm-raised; PDO; local food production; Nitrogen Stable Isotope Compositions; Isotope ratio mass spectrometer; IRMS; Isotope Composition; food geo-location; Free Fatty Acid Profiles; Lesley A; Chesson; Isotope Ratio; James R; Ehleringer; Carbon Isotopic Composition; Timothy D; Jardine; Food Forensics; Keith A; Hobson; Sample Preparation; David X; Soto; Nitrogen Isotope; Hannah B; Vander Zanden; Carbon Isotope Ratios; Federica Camin; Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis; Emad Ehtesham; Nitrogen Isotope Signatures; Luana Bontempo; Nitrogen Isotopic Composition; Russell D; Frew; Vander Zanden; Simon D; Kelly; Isotope Analysis; Alina Mihailova; Cam Plant; Brett J; Tipple; Extra Virgin Olive Oil; Suvankar Chakraborty; Edible Vegetable Oils; Karyne M; Rogers; Strontium Isotopes; Stable Isotope Ratios; Flesh Foods
Publication date: 03-2021
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 07-2017
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
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Food forensics is a multi-disciplinary science involving advanced analytical techniques, plant and animal metabolism, and sophisticated data interpretation tools. This book explains how plants, and in turn animals eating those plants, assimilate stable isotopes and trace elements from their environments. It provides extensive reviews of the use of stable isotope and trace element measurements for the authentication of major food groups and how these can be used to detect fraudsters. The book emphasises the use of correct methods for sample preparation and measurement so that data can be compared to existing datasets, with a dedicated chapter discussing interpretations.
Isotope ratio measurements for food forensics. Sampling, sample preparation and analysis. Interpreting stable isotope ratios in plants and plant-based foods. Introduction to stable isotopes in food webs. Data analysis interpretation: Forensic applications and examples. Flesh Foods, or What can stable isotope analysis reveal about the meat you eat? Fruits and vegetables. Alcoholic Beverages I – Wine. Alcoholic Beverages II – Spirits, Beer, Sake and Cider. Stable isotope measurements and modeling to verify the authenticity of dairy products. Edible vegetal oils. Organic food authenticity. Odds and ends, or, All that’s left to print.
James F. Carter, Lesley A. Chesson