Metabolomic analysis in food science: a review

Metabolomics has emerged as an important tool in many disciplines such as human diseases and nutrition, drug discovery, plant physiology and others. In food science, metabolomics has recently risen as a tool for quality, processing and safety of raw materials and final products. This article discusses the latest advances in food metabolomics from the discriminative, predictive, and informative approaches, as well as the typical methods used at each step of the metabolomic analysis.