Innovative and Rapid Food Analytical Methods Based on Spectroscopic and Chromatographic Techniques

Dear Colleagues,

Food represents one of the fundamental needs for human beings. Analysis of foods is continuously requesting the development of more robust, efficient, sensitive, rapid and cost-effective analytical methodologies to guarantee the safety, quality, and traceability of foods in compliance with legislation and consumers’ demands. Based on these considerations, this Special Issue aims at collecting studies describing the development and validation of innovative and rapid technologies based on spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques applied to food analysis. The submitted papers can encompass different aspects and scopes: characterizing food quality and safety, authenticating foods, detecting frauds, and ensuring food law compliance. Some examples of spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques include vibrational, nuclear magnetic resonance, luminescence and evanescent wave spectroscopy; gas/liquid, hyphenated, paper-based and column-based chromatography. Additionally, since chemometrics could play a fundamental role in the application of these techniques to food-related issues, papers dealing with new data processing approaches are also welcome.

Dr. Annalisa De Girolamo
Dr. Vincenzo Lippolis
Guest Editors

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