A review of rice authenticity/adulteration methods and results.
Rice importance resides in its high consumption mainly in Asia and Africa and less in the EU. Several cultivars, both GM and non-GM, have established themselves in various regions depending mainly on the climatic and soil conditions. A high number of analytical, enzymic, and genomic analyses (instrumental) in conjunction with sensory analysis were applied (not always very successfully) towards detecting deliberate or non-deliberate rice adulteration. It was shown that the application of multivariate analysis to data obtained is very beneficial because it allows the effective discrimination of different origin, and/or cultivar rice. Although sensory analysis is based on a trained panel (subjective method), if this panel has been properly trained the adulteration results are comparable to those of the instrumental analysis obtained.
School of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agriculture Icthyology and Aquatic Environment, Fytokou Street Nea Ionia Magnesias, University of Thessaly, Volos, Hellas, Greece.
Antonios
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Vlachos
Ioannis S
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Arvanitoyannis
D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D012275:Oryza / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified