Assessment of Geographical Origin of Honey by Chemometrics

J.M. CAMIÑA; R.G. PELLERANO; E.J. MARCHEVSKY

Honey: Geographical Origins, Bioactive Properties and Health Benefits

Nova Science Publishers

Lugar: Nueva York; Año: 2016; p. 1 - 30

The assessment of geographical originof honey represents high interest around the world, because is related to theauthenticity analysis of raw materials and labeled products. The cost of honeyin the international Market is strongly associated to thegeographical origin, so is very important to find the newest and moretrustworthy methods to determine geographical provenance. On the other hand,chemometric includes statistical tools which have been successfully used todetermine the geographical origin of several foods, inlcuding honey samples.The geographical classification of honey can be obtained by means of thecombination of chemometrics with different analytical methods to analyze bothorganic and inorganic compounds, which can include major, minor and traceelements, amino acids profile or other components. For that, this chaptercovers the last reported chemometric methods used to classify honey accordingto geographical origin, as well as the description of the analytical methodsused as matrix data.