Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 285, Issue -, Pages 316-323Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.01.160
Keywords
Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry; Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass; Spectrometry; Food traceability; Food characterization; Dairy products
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Mozzarella di Bufala Campana (MBC) is a PDO cheese produced from whole buffalo milk in specific regions of southern Italy. Due to the high price and the limited amount of buffalo milk, MBC is potentially subject to mislabelling. Stable isotope ratio analysis combined with elemental analysis is one powerful technique for detecting the authenticity of PDO cheeses. Here, the elemental and isotopic profiles of authentic samples of buffalo milk and the corresponding MBC samples collected in the reference area in winter and summer are presented in an initial exploratory study. By merging MBC-PDO samples with non-PDO samples of buffalo mozzarella produced both inside and outside the reference area, a model was developed to classify product categories for this cheese. Despite the differences occurring during processing, along with differences in the season and production area, the model was effective in distinguishing PDO and non-PDO mozzarella, particularly when non-PDO cheeses were made outside the MBC reference area.
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