title: Confirmation of food origin claims by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics: extra virgin olive oil from Liguria.
abstract: The aim of this study was to explore the potential of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and various chemometric tools for confirming the geographic origin of olive oil from Liguria (northern Italy). Authentic extra virgin olive oil samples (n = 913) from three harvests (2004-2007) were collected from Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, and Turkeyapproximately one-fourth of all samples originated in Liguria. Attenuated total reflectance spectra were recorded at room temperature; the analytical challenge was to confirm that an oil which claimed to be from Liguria originated there. Derivative and standard normal variate data pretreatments were applied to the recorded spectra, which were subsequently analyzed by a number of multivariate proceduresprincipal component analysis, factorial discriminant analysis, and partial least-squares regression analysis. Prediction models created using samples from all three harvests had sensitivities and selectivities of approximately 0.80.
authors.affiliation: Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland. siobhan.hennessy@teagasc.ie
authors.forename: Siobhán
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hennessy
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Downey
authors.forename: Colm P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
mesh_terms: D007558:Italy; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000032:analysis*; D011786:Quality Control; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils