Shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy for authentication of cheese and cheese analogues

Kay Sowoidnich; Heinz-Detlef Kronfeldt

doi:10.1117/12.2227391

27 April 2016 Shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy for authentication of cheese and cheese analogues

Kay Sowoidnich, Heinz-Detlef Kronfeldt

Proceedings Volume 9887, Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care V; 98871Z (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2227391
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2016, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

Food authentication and the detection of adulterated products are recent major issues in the food industry as these topics are of global importance for quality control and food safety. To effectively address this challenge requires fast, reliable and non-destructive analytical techniques. Shifted Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy (SERDS) is well suited for identification purposes as it combines the chemically specific information obtained by Raman spectroscopy with the ability for efficient fluorescence rejection. The two slightly shifted excitation wavelengths necessary for SERDS are realized by specially designed microsystem diode lasers. At 671 nm the laser (optical power: 50 mW, spectral shift: 0.7 nm) is based on an external cavity configuration whereas an emission at 783 nm (optical power: 110 mW, spectral shift: 0.5 nm) is achieved by a distributed feedback laser. To investigate the feasibility of SERDS for rapid and nondestructive authentication purposes four types of cheese and three different cheese analogues were selected. Each sample was probed at 8 different positions using integration times of 3-10 seconds and 10 spectra were recorded at each spot. Principal components analysis was applied to the SERDS spectra revealing variations in fat and protein signals as primary distinction criterion between cheese and cheese analogues for both excitation wavelengths. Furthermore, to some extent, minor compositional differences could be identified to discriminate between individual species of cheese and cheese analogues. These findings highlight the potential of SERDS for rapid food authentication potentially paving the way for future applications of portable SERDS systems for non-invasive in situ analysis.

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Kay Sowoidnich and Heinz-Detlef Kronfeldt "Shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy for authentication of cheese and cheese analogues", Proc. SPIE 9887, Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care V, 98871Z (27 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2227391

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