NMR technology could reduce the risk of food fraud in the Olive Oil industry

Analytical methods based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and statistical analyses have been developed for some time at the University of Salento in the Metabolomics group of Professor Francesco Paolo Fanizzi, full professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry. A long-standing collaboration of Professor Fanizzi group with Certified Origins focused, in the last decade, on the quality and geographical origin assessment of extra virgin olive oils. These comprises several international blends as well as PDO and PGI products, including Italians. Modern NMR based methods offer a wealth of possible useful applications and are complementary to conventional analyses currently required by EU and other international regulations.

Analytical methods based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and statistical analyses have been developed for some time at the University of Salento in the Metabolomics group of Professor Francesco Paolo Fanizzi, full professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry. A long-standing collaboration of Professor Fanizzi group with Certified Origins focused, in the last decade, on the quality and geographical origin assessment of extra virgin olive oils. These comprises several international blends as well as PDO and PGI products, including Italians. Modern NMR based methods offer a wealth of possible useful applications and are complementary to conventional analyses currently required by EU and other international regulations.

100% EVOOs Italian blends (grey) fall within the field defined by their monocultivar constituents in the NMR data based prediction model