“…Consequently, many of the studies published in the food-authentication field are related to species identification and discrimination. In this regard, the developed DNA-based methods have included DNA sequencing, restriction-fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP), randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), multiplex-PCR, quantitative PCR (qPCR), and simple sequence repeats (SSR) or microsatellites. , In the last few years, new techniques have started to be assessed for food-authenticity purposes. New tools such as high-resolution melting (HRM) PCR, droplet digital PCR (ddPCR), isothermal amplification (e.g., loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), recombinase–polymerase amplification, strand-displacement amplification, helicase-dependent amplification, and rolling-circle amplification), and next-generation sequencing (NGS) are starting to overtake the performances of the prior methods in terms of specificity, sensitivity, speed, and multiplexing.…”