The practice of adding adulterating substances (water, starch, sodium citrate, urea, sucrose, melamine, etc) in milk products in order to raise profits is worldwide employed. In addition, higher priced milk, coming from minor dairy species, such as goat and buffalo showing high nutritional and economical value, is often illegally integrated with the lower priced cow milk. The presence of species-specific proteins, different from those declared in label, may be a serious problem for people with allergies. The development of proper analytical methods is therefore essential to protect consumer benefits and product authenticity, as well as to detect economic frauds. Several analytical techniques, including capillary electrophoresis1, polymerase chain reaction2,
Milk Authenticity By Ion-Trap Proteomics Following Multi-Enzyme Digestion
Maurizio Quinto
;Donatella Nardiello;Anna Natale;Annalisa Mentana;Giuseppina Spadaccino;Carmen Palermo;Diego Centonze
2017-01-01
Abstract
The practice of adding adulterating substances (water, starch, sodium citrate, urea, sucrose, melamine, etc) in milk products in order to raise profits is worldwide employed. In addition, higher priced milk, coming from minor dairy species, such as goat and buffalo showing high nutritional and economical value, is often illegally integrated with the lower priced cow milk. The presence of species-specific proteins, different from those declared in label, may be a serious problem for people with allergies. The development of proper analytical methods is therefore essential to protect consumer benefits and product authenticity, as well as to detect economic frauds. Several analytical techniques, including capillary electrophoresis1, polymerase chain reaction2,I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
