title: Prediction of the type of milk and degree of ripening in cheeses by means of artificial neural networks with data concerning fatty acids and near infrared spectroscopy.
abstract: The present study addresses the prediction of the time of ripening and type of mixtures of milk (cow's, ewe's and goat's) in cheeses of varying composition using artificial neural networks (ANN). To accomplish this aim, neural networks were designed using as input data the content of 19 fatty acids obtained with GC-FID of the cheese fat and scores obtained from principal component analysis (PCA) of NIR spectra. The best model of neuronal networks for the identification of the type of mixtures of milk was obtained using the information concerning the fatty acid concentration (80% of correct results in the training phase and 75% in the validation phase). Regarding the information of the near-infrared (NIR) spectra a neural network was designed. The aforesaid neural network predicted the ripening of cheeses with 100% accuracy in both training and in validation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Analítica, Nutrición y Bromatología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, C/Plaza de la Merced s/n, 37008 Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Milton Carlos
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Soto-Barajas
authors.forename: Ma Inmaculada
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: González-Martín
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salvador-Esteban
authors.forename: José Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hernández-Hierro
authors.forename: Vidal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moreno-Rodilla
authors.forename: Ana Ma
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vivar-Quintana
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Revilla
authors.forename: Iris Lobos
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morón-Sancho
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Curto-Diego
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002611:Cheese / Q000032:analysis*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D005285:Fermentation; D006041:Goats; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D012756:Sheep; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids
keywords: Artificial neuronal networks; Cheese; Classification; Fatty acid; NIR spectroscopy; Ripening time