Fingerprinting Fruits Using Targeted and non-Targeted Analyses, Authentication Tool for Minneola Tangelo
Abstract
As the use of hybrid fruits increases research is needed to obtain data that can be used for identification investigations and fraud detection (adulteration). Screening using RP-HPLC for a range of coumarins & psoralens has been useful to differentiate between lemon and lime and was subsequently shown to be able to differentiate between lemons from Meyer lemons. As Minneola, a hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin, has become more popular it may be susceptible to fraud and/or adulteration. This poster shows the phenolic pattern of this hybrid fruit, in relation to other orange, grapefruit and mandarin fruits that may be used to identify its juice or juice concentrate.
Authors
Ramin Jahromi, Danielle Pringle, Troy Strom, Lars Reimann, and Wenjuan Jobgen from Eurofins Nutrition Analysis Center in Des Moines, IA and Dr. David A Hammond from Eurofins Scientific Analytics in Nantes, France.
