TY - JOUR
T1 - Monitoring the authenticity of Brazilian UHT milk
T2 - A chemometric approach
AU - Souza, Simone S.
AU - Cruz, Adriano G.
AU - Walter, Eduardo H.M.
AU - Faria, Jose A.F.
AU - Celeghini, Renata M.S.
AU - Ferreira, Márcia M.C.
AU - Granato, Daniel
AU - Sant'Ana, Anderson de S.
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - In this work, chemometric methods are reported as potential tools for monitoring the authenticity of Brazilian ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk processed in industrial plants located in different regions of the country. A total of 100 samples were submitted to the qualitative analysis of adulterants such as starch, chlorine, formol, hydrogen peroxide and urine. Except for starch, all the samples reported, at least, the presence of one adulterant. The use of chemometric methodologies such as the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) enabled the verification of the occurrence of certain adulterations in specific regions. The proposed multivariate approaches may allow the sanitary agency authorities to optimise materials, human and financial resources, as they associate the occurrence of adulterations to the geographical location of the industrial plants.
AB - In this work, chemometric methods are reported as potential tools for monitoring the authenticity of Brazilian ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk processed in industrial plants located in different regions of the country. A total of 100 samples were submitted to the qualitative analysis of adulterants such as starch, chlorine, formol, hydrogen peroxide and urine. Except for starch, all the samples reported, at least, the presence of one adulterant. The use of chemometric methodologies such as the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) enabled the verification of the occurrence of certain adulterations in specific regions. The proposed multivariate approaches may allow the sanitary agency authorities to optimise materials, human and financial resources, as they associate the occurrence of adulterations to the geographical location of the industrial plants.
KW - Authenticity
KW - Chemometric techniques
KW - UHT milk
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77955771677&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.06.074
DO - 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.06.074
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77955771677
SN - 0308-8146
VL - 124
SP - 692
EP - 695
JO - Food Chemistry
JF - Food Chemistry
IS - 2
ER -