E-nose application to food industry production

Food companies worldwide must constantly engage in product development to stay competitive, cover existing markets, explore new markets, and meet key consumer requirements. This ongoing development places high demands on achieving quality at all levels, particularly in terms of food safety, integrit...

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Published in:IEEE instrumentation & measurement magazine 2016-02, Vol.19 (1), p.27-33
Main Authors: Chilo, Jose, Pelegri-Sebastia, Jose, Cupane, Maria, Sogorb, Tomas
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Aroma
Consumption
Electronic noses
Food industry
Food safety
Foods
Gas detectors
Instrumentation
Integrity
Markets
Nutrition
Pollution measurement
Principal component analysis
Product development
Production
Sensor systems
Trends
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Summary:Food companies worldwide must constantly engage in product development to stay competitive, cover existing markets, explore new markets, and meet key consumer requirements. This ongoing development places high demands on achieving quality at all levels, particularly in terms of food safety, integrity, quality, nutrition, and other health effects. Food product research is required to convert the initial product idea into a formulation for upscaling production with ensured significant results. Sensory evaluation is an effective component of the whole process. It is especially important in the last step in the development of new products to ensure product acceptance. In that stage, measurements of product aroma play an important role in ensuring that consumer expectations are satisfied. To this end, the electronic nose (e-nose) can be a useful tool to achieve this purpose. The e-nose is a combination of various sensors used to detect gases by generating signals for an analysis system. Our research group has investigated the scent factor in some foodstuff and attempted to develop e-noses based on low-cost technology and compact size. In this paper, we present a summary of our research to date on applications of the e-nose in the food industry.
ISSN:1094-6969
1941-0123
1941-0123
DOI:10.1109/MIM.2016.7384957