Review Article

A Review of Optical Nondestructive Visual and Near-Infrared Methods for Food Quality and Safety

Table 2

Different food groups, their parameters and methods applied for class A.

Food group/appendixExamples of parameters evaluated and one of related research articlesMethods applied

Fruit/A.1Quality
Taste (Mehinagic et al. [46])
Content
(i) Sugar (Walsh et al. [47])MLR, PCR, PLS, PCA
Genetic algorithms for wavelength and calibration model selection
(ii) Soluble solid (Carlini et al. [48])
(iii) acid content (León et al. [51])
(iv) water/moisture (Blakey et al. [50])
(v) titratable acidity and ph (Ying and Liu [56])
(vi) vitamin C and polyphenol (Pissard et al. [57])
Translucency (Terdwongworakul et al. [53])
Internal quality (Magwaza et al. [54])
Maturity (Tanaka and Kojima [58])
Defects (Blasco et al. [262])
Safety
Internal insect detection (Xing et al. [60])
Fecal and other contaminations (Kim et al. [61] and Mehl et al. [263])
Storage (Veraverbeke et al. [63])

Vegetables/A.2Quality Texture metrics, wavelength selection, PLS, MLR, PCA
Appearance (Flores Rojas [65] and Gowen et al. [84])
Content
(i) Cyst nematode (Fernández Pierna et al. [64])
(ii) Sugar (Tsuta et al. [67])
(iii) Soluble solid content, lycopene, -carotene,
and carotenoid (Pedro and Ferreira [68])
(Iv) Protein (Liu et al. [69])
(v) Phytic acid (Delwiche et al. [73])
(vi) Dry matter (Van Dijk et al. [70])
(vii) Protein (Pazdernik et al. [75])
(viii) Freshness (Esquerre et al. [81])
(ix) Moisture (Lamb and Hurburgh Jr. [78])
Structural characteristics (Siska and Hurburgh Jr. [83])
Damage (Esquerre et al. [81])
Safety
Incorrect ingredients (Roggo et al. [72])
Bioagents (Pearson and Wicklow [85] )
Grasses/A.3Quality PLS, MLR, PCA
Content
(i) Moisture, gluten, alveograph parameters, and protein (Miralbés [90])
(ii) Scab, vomitoxin, and ergosterol (Dowell et al. [89])
(iii) Rutin and D-chiro-inositol (Yang and Ren [91])
(iv) Carotenoids (Brenna and Berardo [92])
(v) Phenolics and antioxidant capacity (Zhang et al. [94])
(vi) Neutral acid detergent fibers and acid detergent lignin (Stubbs et al. [95])
(vii) Nitrogen and protein (Wiley et al. [96])
structural characteristics
(i) Softness/hardness (Manley et al. [98])
(ii) Density (Siska and Hurburgh Jr. [83])
Taste (Kawamura et al. [99])
Safety
many impurities like plastics or faeces (Fernández Pierna et al. [64])

Nuts and seeds/A.4Quality PLS
Content
(i) Moisture, fat, stearic acid, and oleic acids (Davrieux et al. [100])
(ii) Sinigrin, gluconapin, and glucosinolate (Font et al. [101])
(iii) Lipids, water, protein, and chlorophyll (Font et al. [102])
(iv) Oil and fatty acid content (Kim et al. [103])
(v) Starch (Hacisalihoglu et al. [104])
(vi) Amino acids (Wang et al. [105])
Authentication (Downey et al. [107])

Herbs and spices/A.5Quality: PLS
Content
(i) Kava pyrones (Gautz et al. [110])
(ii) Moisture, volatile content, and coloring strength (Zalacain et al. [111]
(iii) Curcuminoids (Tanaka et al. [112])
(iv) Ginsenosides (Ren and Chen [113])
(v) Lignans (Kwan et al. [114])
Origin (Zalacain et al. [111])