They create an electronic language to detect adulterated meals


They create an electronic language to detect adulterated meals



The device resolves cases in a quarter of an hour




Researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) have developed an electronic language capable of detecting food handled in a fast, simple and cheap way.

This device, created by a team of scientists from the Institute of Food Engineering for Development (IuIAD) and the Institute of Molecular Recognition and Technological Development (IDM), is prepared to detect counterfeits in products such as honey.

This food is one of the products most susceptible to manipulation, which is why, for years, the European Commission has been promoting the development of rapid analytical methods that help differentiate a pure product from another adulterated product.

However, while the methods of analysis currently used can take several days to offer a response, the new system allows to know in little more than one hour if a sample is adulterated, according to the tests carried out so far.

Thanks to the combination of the technique with the statistical analysis of the data, the electronic language is able to detect "symptoms of fraud", not only differentiating a pure honey from an altered one, but also determining the approximate level of adulteration.

An electronic language is an analytical instrument that, like our senses, is composed of a set of chemical sensors with low selectivity and partial specificity over the different components of a solution. An electronic language is an analytical instrument that, like our senses, is composed of a set of chemical sensors with low selectivity and partial specificity over the different components of a solution.

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