Stable and radiogenic isotopes as indicators of agri-food provenance: Insights from artisanal cheeses from Quebec, Canada

Stevenson, Ross; Desrochers, Stéphanie L.; Hélie, Jean‐François

doi:10.1016/j.idairyj.2015.04.003

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“…The reliability and efficiency of this approach has also been recognized by the protection consortia for PDO Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, which since 2000 have created a huge reference databank for PDO and non‐PDO hard cheeses and since 2011 have officially adopted stable isotope ratio analysis to verify the authenticity of grated and shredded products on the market (EU Regulation 584/2011). Stevenson and others () combined H,O,N,C stable isotope ratios with 87 Sr/ 86 Sr data for cheese, milk, animal feed, and soil from 6 artisanal cheese producers in Quebec, Canada, and demonstrated the potential of isotope geochemistry in linking land/terroir to agricultural produce. Recently a paper (Capici and others ) demonstrated that δ 13 C and δ 15 N isotope values of fat and defatted fraction have different values between each other depending on if a cheese was produced with raw milk or with pasteurized milk thus allowing differentiation between these 2 kinds of product.…”

Section: Authenticity Of Foods Of Animal Originmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis for Assessing the Authenticity of Food of Animal Origin

Camin

Bontempo

Perini

et al. 2016

Comp Rev Food Sci Food Safe

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The main elemental constituents (H, C, N, O, and S) . Isotopic ratios can be measured precisely and accurately using dedicated analytical techniques such as isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS). Analysis of these ratios shows potential for assessing the authenticity of food of animal origin. In this review, IRMS analysis of food of animal origin and variability factors related to stable isotope ratios in animals are described. The study also lists examples of application of stable isotope ratio analysis to meat, dairy products, fish, and shellfish and emphasizes the strengths and weaknesses of the technique. Geographical, climatic, pedological, geological, botanical, and agricultural factors affect the stable isotope ratios (SIR) of bio-elements, and SIR variations are ultimately incorporated into animal tissue through eating, drinking, breathing, and exchange with the environment, being recorded in the resulting foods. SIR analysis was capable of determining geographical origin, animal diet, and the production system (such as organic/conventional or wild/farmed) for pork, beef, lamb, poultry, milk, butter, cheese, fish, and shellfish. In the case of the hard PDO (protected designations of origin) cheeses Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano it is also used in real-life situations to assess the authenticity of grated and shredded cheese on the market.

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Section: Authenticity Of Foods Of Animal Originmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis for Assessing the Authenticity of Food of Animal Origin

Camin

Bontempo

Perini

et al. 2016

Comp Rev Food Sci Food Safe

145

108

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“…Stable isotopes of elements such as carbon (C), hydrogen (H), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O) or Strontium (Sr) vary in their concentration in different land substrates, and so an understanding of their geographic and spatial location can allow an isoscape to be developed (Bowen et al 2009) that links the isotopes in a given food to a location (Kelly et al 2011). GIS driven isotope maps and isotope footprints have been developed for beer, cereal crops, cheese, fruit juices, tea, coffee, must, olive oil, peppers, soft fruit, tiger prawns, tomato based products, vinegar, wine and asparagus (West et al 2007;Flores et al 2013;Carter et al 2015;Stevenson et al 2015;Bong et al 2016;Chiocchini et al 2016;Camin et al 2017;Fragni et al 2018;Perini et al 2018;Eftimov et al 2019;Gopi et al 2019aGopi et al , 2019bRichter et al 2019) so that provenance and thus authenticity can be clearly demonstrated through isotope analysis testing and then comparison of the results with pre-defined isotope maps (Danezis et al 2016). In terms of extrinsic attributes isotope analysis can distinguish between farmed and caught from the wild fish products (Gopi et al 2019a); and whether artificial nitrogen fertiliser has been used or organic fertiliser (Inácio et al 2015;Stevenson et al 2015;Perini et al 2018;Manning & Monaghan, 2019).…”

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Food provenance: assuring product integrity and identity

Wallace

Manning

2020

CABI Reviews

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Food supply chains are highly complex and involve numerous actors who influence food safety and the integrity of products and processes, both at individual points in the supply chain and more holistically throughout the chain as a whole. Provenance can relate to a particular source or origin of a food and its individual ingredients and/or relate to claims on how the product is produced and what marketing claims have been attached to the product. The aim of this review is to consider the recent advances in developing transparent data systems to demonstrate food provenance. One technological development is the use of Blockchain, a data handling structure which provides a secure network of information that cannot be changed or destroyed, distributed between supply chain actors. Other developments in information systems that can be used to monitor a range of criteria include geographic information systems (GIS) which can be linked with, for example, stable isotope analysis to provide an indication of provenance for a given product or ingredient. This technology is used as a case study in this paper to demonstrate the opportunities and limitations to such technological approaches. The review reflects on aspects of provenance and the actions that can be taken at organisational and supply chain level to demonstrate transparency so that consumers can have trust in those procuring, processing and supplying food.

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“…Other matrices, such as cheese, exhibited a wide variation in the 87 Sr/ 86 Sr which allowed to distinguish products from different farmers [76] while in Italian tomatoes and tomato derived products strontium isotope ratios where sufficiently discriminative to successfully distinguish these from similar Chinese products [77].…”

Section: Food Provenancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…and "heavy" isotopes, should be a matter of interest in future research work. In the specific case of processed foods or foodstuffs containing more than one ingredient, and therefore with several influences on the strontium isotope ratios, this approach might be particularly beneficial [76,100,103,205]. On the other hand, in archaeological studies dealing either with past migrations, diet habits or trading activities it is common to combine more than one isotopic system, in particular strontium and oxygen isotopes [117,169].…”

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Recent developments and trends in the application of strontium and its isotopes in biological related fields

Coelho

Castanheira

Bordado

et al. 2017

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry

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Strontium is a chemical element without biological functions in humans. In fact, only two biological roles are known, both as a biomineral constituent. However, strontium and calcium (a significant biometal) present chemical similarities; hence, the absorption of the former by living organisms is plausible. Based on the particular properties of isotopes of strontium several applications of this chemical element in biological sciences have been developed. These include its radioactive and non-radioactive isotopes in medical applications or resorting to its stable isotopes as analytical tools in isotope fingerprinting (87 Sr/ 86 Sr) to study dietary habits and migration patterns of ancient populations, food authentication and forensic sciences. This article, reviews papers published between 2012-2016, highlights the use of strontium isotope ratios for such biological related applications and compiles an analytical database, providing a valuable tool for future studies in the area.

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Stable and radiogenic isotopes as indicators of agri-food provenance: Insights from artisanal cheeses from Quebec, Canada

Cited by 25 publications

References 25 publications

Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis for Assessing the Authenticity of Food of Animal Origin

Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis for Assessing the Authenticity of Food of Animal Origin

Food provenance: assuring product integrity and identity

Recent developments and trends in the application of strontium and its isotopes in biological related fields

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