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The genus Pistacia (Anacardiaceae family) includes several species, but only Pistacia vera L. produces edible seeds, commonly known as pistachios....

Mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAHs) can be found in food products as a result of, amongst others, contamination from processing equipment...

Process contaminants (for example acrylamide) form during food processing and pose significant health risk. In innovative products like vegetable...

Almond production is a key agricultural sector in countries such as the USA, Spain, and Australia, but increasingly exposed to fraud risks,...

Industrial plant-based protein ingredients contain significant amounts of lipids and phytic acids that can impact their functionality in food...

Essential oils (EOs) are complex and unstable compounds processed from aromatic plants including terpenes, alcohols, esters, aldehydes, etc. These...

Phytosterols are bioactive plant-derived compounds widely present in vegetable oils and known for their beneficial effects on human health. However,...

Petroleum distillation and refining generate a complex mixture of chemical compounds known as Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons (MOH). MOH can enter the food...

Polychlorinated alkanes (PCAs or in the past: chlorinated paraffines CP) are primarily used as plasticizers and flame retardants in consumer goods....

The fatty acid composition is a key parameter for assessing the quality and origin of vegetable oils. The American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS)...

Chlorinated paraffins (CPs), are complex mixtures of polychlorinated alkanes (PCAs) used in high amounts in different industrial processes [1]....

Chlorinated paraffins (CPs) are complex industrial mixtures composed of thousands or more polychlorinated alkanes (PCAs). Based on their carbon...

Edible oils and fats are mainly composed of triacylglycerols (TAGs). In another presentation by our research group at this congress, LC/MS...

Production of juice from berry fruits generates large number of byproducts, mostly in the form of pomace and seeds. The valorization of berry seeds...

Technical hexane is a widely authorized solvent for the extraction and fractionation of edible vegetable oils, fats and other foodstuffs. It is...

MOAH (mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons) is one of the subcategories of mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH), which are classified as environmental and...

For the analysis of edible fats and oils, various methods have already been established. A particular focus in oil analysis is on determining the...

Mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH) were defined as the collective mixture of n-C10–n-C50 paraffins, naphthenic and aromatics hydrocarbons derived from...