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Application of Mass Spectrometry in Food and Beverages Analysis
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Application of Mass Spectrometry in Food and Beverages Analysis

A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Analysis of Food and Beverages".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2023) | Viewed by 9869

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Leonardo Di Donna

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1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
2. QUASIORA Laboratory, AGRINFRA Research Net, Università della Calabria, Rende, Italy
Interests: food quality; food traceability; mass spectrometry; liquid chromatography; high-resolution mass spectrometry; characterization of bioactive compounds
Dr. Lucia Bartella

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1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
2. QUASIORA Laboratory, AGRINFRA Research Net, Università della Calabria, Rende, Italy
Interests: mass spectrometry; ambient ion sources; chromatography; chemical analysis; metabolite profiling; food quality and safety

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, consumers have a growing interest in food and beverages, requesting increasingly more guarantees of the quality, safety and geographical origin of the consumed products. There is a large focus on their health properties, due to the content of several nutraceuticals, and also on their safety, usually associated with the presence of chemical contaminants that may be dangerous to human health. In this regard, international food safety authorities provide several recommendations and rules to protect public health, and also many scientific opinions on the bioactive compounds contained in foods, which have led to a significant change in food choices. Therefore, it is essential to develop reliable and accurate protocols for the determination of food quality, which also verify their genuineness and authenticity. In this field, mass spectrometry, also coupled to chromatographic systems, has become one of the most frequently used tools, because it is able to provide extremely specific and sensitive results, in terms of the molecular screening, detection and quantification of a wide range of molecules. Moreover, ambient mass spectrometry techniques could be a valid alternative to classical methods, as they allow the fast and direct analysis of the sample, with minimal or no sample preparation, reducing the time of the whole analytical procedure.

This Special Issue intends to collect innovative mass spectrometric applications in the analysis of foods and beverages, with the aim to assess their quality, genuineness and authenticity, through the detection and quantification of bioactive compounds, the characterization of novel quality markers and the study of molecular profiles.

Prof. Dr. Leonardo Di Donna
Dr. Lucia Bartella
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • food quality
  • food safety
  • food traceability
  • mass spectrometry
  • ambient mass spectrometry
  • high-resolution mass spectrometry
  • chromatography
  • metabolite profiling
  • quality marker determination
  • phytochemicals characterization
  • contaminant detection

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Paper Spray Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Assessing Oleic, Linoleic and Linolenic Acid Content in Edible Vegetable Oils
by Lucia Bartella, Fabio Mazzotti, Ines Rosita Talarico, Ilaria Santoro and Leonardo Di Donna
Separations 2023, 10(1), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10010026 - 3 Jan 2023
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Oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids exert several beneficial effects on human health, some of which are also certified by recent European and U.S. regulations. The goal of the presented work was to develop an innovative methodology to evaluate their content in edible vegetable [...] Read more.
Oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids exert several beneficial effects on human health, some of which are also certified by recent European and U.S. regulations. The goal of the presented work was to develop an innovative methodology to evaluate their content in edible vegetable oils, in order to increase the value of oils from a nutraceutical perspective. The protocol is based on the use of paper spray ionization coupled with tandem mass spectrometry experiments, which allowed the recording of data very quickly and with high specificity. All investigated compounds gained a good linear relation (r2 higher than 0.98). Accuracy values are near 100% for all concentration levels examined, and the repeatability and reproducibility data result lower than 15%, highlighting the consistence of the methodology. The developed approach was successfully applied for the analysis of different real samples, and its robustness was confirmed by comparing the results obtained with those coming from the classical and official methodology. Full article
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Application of Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry in the Identification of Dendrobium devonianum Paxt and Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo Grown in Longling Area of Yunnan, China
by Tao Lin, Xing-Lian Chen, Jing Wang, Zheng-Xu Hu, Guang-Wei Wu, Ling-Jie Sha, Long Cheng and Hong-Cheng Liu
Separations 2022, 9(5), 108; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations9050108 - 26 Apr 2022
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In this study, in order to protect the characteristic Dendrobium devonianum Paxt industry in the Longling area, and promote the healthy development of its characteristic Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan Province, China, the identification of Dendrobium devonianum Paxt and Dendrobium officinale Kimura et [...] Read more.
In this study, in order to protect the characteristic Dendrobium devonianum Paxt industry in the Longling area, and promote the healthy development of its characteristic Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan Province, China, the identification of Dendrobium devonianum Paxt and Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo from Longling county was discussed using time of flight mass spectrometry. The data of 13 Dendrobium devonianum and 7 Dendrobium officinale in the Longling area were collected by TOF MS-IDA-15 MS/MS mode, and the collected data were analyzed by PCA and T-test using MarkerView software, and the difference markers were searched using the database to confirm their compound structures. In positive and negative ion modes, 3645 and 2344 peaks were detected, respectively; 64 positive ion compounds and 60 negative ion compounds, for a total of 124 compounds were identified, mainly including organic acids, polyphenols, alkaloids, amino acids and their derivatives, benzene and its derivatives, and other compounds. The score plot and loading plot analyzed by PCA show that Dendrobium devonianum and Dendrobium officinale collected in the Longling area can be effectively identified and differentiated by high-resolution mass spectrometry with the 15 different markers in positive ion mode and 17 markers in negative ion mode, respectively. The successful identification of Dendrobium devonianum and Dendrobium officinale fully demonstrates that TOF MS can be effectively used in the identification of Dendrobium and related Chinese herbal medicines with broadly application foreground. Full article
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Semi-Quantitative and Qualitative Distinction of Aromatic and Flavour Compounds in Charcoal Grilled, Electric Barbecue Grilled, Infrared Grilled and Superheated-Steam Roasted Lamb Meat Patties Using GC/MC, E-nose and E-tongue
by Raheel Suleman, Teng Hui, Zhenyu Wang, Alma Delia Alarcon-Rojo, Huan Liu and Dequan Zhang
Separations 2022, 9(3), 71; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations9030071 - 8 Mar 2022
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This study investigated the influence of four different methods of cooking (charcoal grilling, electric barbecue grilling, superheated-steam roasting and infrared grilling) on the volatile profile of lamb meat patties. The study included the patties of the oyster cut muscle of lambs cooked using [...] Read more.
This study investigated the influence of four different methods of cooking (charcoal grilling, electric barbecue grilling, superheated-steam roasting and infrared grilling) on the volatile profile of lamb meat patties. The study included the patties of the oyster cut muscle of lambs cooked using charcoal grilling, electric barbecue grilling, infrared grilling and superheated-steam roasting methods. The principal component analysis (PCA) of electric nose data showed a total variance of 73.71%. The e-nose values showed differentiation of the volatiles released from the lamb meat patties. Data of PCA of e-nose and GC-MS revealed good separation between groups. Significance (p < 0.05) was found for the flavour profile values of charcoal-grilled and superheated-steam-roasted samples while the lowest significance was observed between infrared- and electric-barbecue-grilled samples. Saltiness and sourness were higher in superheated-steam-roasted patties than charcoal-grilled samples through e-tongue. The main volatile compound found in all the lamb patties was 2,3-octanedione with a content of 20.43 µg/g–27.83 µg/g. 1-hexanol was highest at 34.74 µg/g in the charcoal-grilled samples while 2,3-octanedione was highest at 35.83 µg/g in superheated-steam-roasted patties. Full article
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Mass Spectrometry-Based Techniques for the Detection of Non-Intentionally Added Substances in Bioplastics
by Nicolò Riboni, Federica Bianchi, Antonella Cavazza, Maurizio Piergiovanni, Monica Mattarozzi and Maria Careri
Separations 2023, 10(4), 222; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10040222 - 23 Mar 2023
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The safety of food contact materials is a hot topic since chemicals can migrate from packaging into food, thus raising health concerns about and/or producing changes in the organoleptic properties of foodstuffs. Migration tests are required to demonstrate the compliance with current regulations [...] Read more.
The safety of food contact materials is a hot topic since chemicals can migrate from packaging into food, thus raising health concerns about and/or producing changes in the organoleptic properties of foodstuffs. Migration tests are required to demonstrate the compliance with current regulations and to investigate the transferred compounds. In this context, mass spectrometry is the analytical technique of choice for the detection and quantitation of both intentionally added substances, such as antioxidants, stabilizers, processing aids, and non-intentionally added substances (NIAS). Untargeted strategies represent a major analytical challenge, providing a comprehensive fingerprinting of the packaging material and migrating components, allowing for NIAS identification. Hyphenated mass spectrometry-based techniques have been devised for screening the presence of migrating contaminants and for quantitation purposes. Both low-resolution (LRMS) and high-resolution (HRMS) methods were screened, with a special emphasis on the latter because of its capability to directly characterize food contact materials with minimal/no sample preparation, avoiding chromatographic separation, and reducing sample handling, analysis costs, and time. Examples related to the migration of contaminants from existing or newly developed bioplastic materials will be discussed, providing an overview of the most used MS-based methods, covering the state-of-the-art approaches from 2012 up to 2022. Full article
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