Research Progress of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Foodomics for Food Adulteration and Traceability Analysis
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Analytical Methods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy; chemometrics; foodomics; metabolomics; foodstuff geographical origin and quality assessment
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Dear Colleagues,
To date, the integrated use of statistical methods and NMR data represents a powerful and reliable tool in food sciences. These methods are widely used for quality characterization, authenticity, adulteration, and traceability assessment of products such as olive oil, milk, honey, and wine. Among several instrumental techniques available for determining foodstuff chemical profiles, such as GC-MS, UV- Vis, Raman, NIR, and Mass Spectrometry, NMR is one of the most successful high-throughput techniques employed for biomarker detection, food characterization, and/or botanical and geographical origin discrimination, thanks to its ability to simultaneously detect various components, the possibility of automation, and cost-effective screening per analysis. Coupled with chemometrics, NMR spectroscopy is used to characterize the specific chemical profiles of different matrices whilst also identifying the most important discriminating compounds. This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of the current state and future developments in research on NMR-based foodomics for foodstuff traceability and authenticity assessment, also with the aim of detecting any possible adulteration with significant effects for consumer health and commercial purposes.
Prof. Dr. Chiara Roberta Girelli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- NMR spectroscopy
- metabolomics
- food authenticity
- traceability assessment
- food frauds
- geographical origin discrimination
- adulteration detection
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