Food Forensics: Stable Isotopes as a Guide to Authenticity and Origin

ISBN-13: 9780367782085 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 336 str.

James F. Carter; Lesley A. Chesson

Opis

This book explains how plants, and in turn animals eating those plants, assimilate stable isotopes and trace elements from their environments. The book emphasises the use of correct methods for sample preparation and measurement so that data can be compared to existing datasets, with a dedicated chapter discussing interpretations.

Spis treści

Isotope ratio measurements for food forensics. Sampling, sample preparation and analysis. Interpreting stable isotope ratios in plants and plant-based foods. Introduction to stable isotopes in food webs. Data analysis interpretation: Forensic applications and examples. Flesh Foods, or What can stable isotope analysis reveal about the meat you eat? Fruits and vegetables. Alcoholic Beverages I – Wine. Alcoholic Beverages II – Spirits, Beer, Sake and Cider. Stable isotope measurements and modeling to verify the authenticity of dairy products. Edible vegetal oils. Organic food authenticity. Odds and ends, or, All that’s left to print.

O autorze

James F. Carter, Lesley A. Chesson