Camellia oil authentication: A comparative analysis and recent analytical techniques developed for its assessment. A review

Publication date: Available online 9 January 2020Source: Trends in Food Science & TechnologyAuthor(s): Ting Shi, Gangcheng Wu, Qingzhe Jin, Xingguo WangAbstractBackgroundCamellia oil is obtained from the camellia seed with various cultivated species (Camellia. oleifera (C. oleifera), C. meiocarpa, C. vietnamensis, C. yuhsienensis, C. chekiangoleosa, C. semiserrata, C. reticulata, C. gigantocarpa, C. octopetala, C. semiserrata var. abliflora etc.), by widely used cold press extraction. As the earliest specie with high oil yield (40–60%) in China, C. oleifera, has become the most commonly available seed for camellia oil manufacturing. Because of its high nutritional and economic value, camellia oil is frequently adulterated with other cheap oils. Additionally, its quality is also susceptible to different species or regions, and various extraction technologies. These factors result in the incorrect labeling of camellia oil, and destabilize the local camellia oil market economies. Therefore, a rapid and accurate method should be prerequisite to authenticate camellia oil.Scope and approachThe officially recommended methods are tedious, and destructive to detect camellia oil adulteration. Therefore, various rapid, precise, and non-destructive techniques should be developed for camellia oil authentication. This present review provides a critical overview of these existing analytical methods in the past few years.Key findings and conclusionThe mass-chromatographic, spectroscopy tec...
Source: Trends in Food Science and Technology - Category: Food Science Source Type: research