Analysis of Volatile Compounds for the Assessment of Food Quality and Authentication
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Quality and Safety".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 55
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal production; animal-based products; system and feeding authentication; food analysis; volatilome
Interests: food analysis; chromatography; ion mobility spectrometry; mass spectrometry; chemometric; food authentication
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Interests: ion mobility spectrometry; food analysis; chromatography; spectrometry; chemometric; food chemistry; food authentication
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Volatile compounds play a key role in defining the sensory characteristics of foods, contributing significantly to their aroma, flavor, and overall quality. Their determination has become increasingly relevant not only for sensory profiling but also as a powerful tool for food authentication and quality assessment. Advances in analytical techniques, such as gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) or ion mobility spectrometry (GC-IMS), electronic noses, and other approaches, have expanded our ability to identify, quantify, and interpret volatile profiles across a wide variety of food matrices.
These volatile fingerprints can be used to detect adulteration, monitor freshness, assess the impact of processing and storage, and differentiate products based on geographical origin or production method. The integration of advanced analytical methods with multivariate data analysis approaches further enhances their application in both research and industry settings.
This Special Issue of Foods invites the submission of original research articles and critical reviews focused on the development and application of volatile compound analysis for food quality evaluation, authenticity verification, and sensory characterization. Contributions from fields such as analytical chemistry, food science, metabolomics, sensory analysis, data science, and related disciplines are welcome to be submitted to this Special Issue.
Dr. Pablo Rodríguez-Hernández
Dr. María José Cardador
Prof. Dr. Lourdes Arce
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- volatile compounds
- aroma
- food quality
- food authentication
- chemometrics
- sensory evaluation
- traceability
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