Detection of Peanut Adulteration in Food Samples by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
2020
Schmitt, Caroline | Bastek, Tim | Stelzer, Alina | Schneider, Tobias | Fischer, Markus | Hackl, Thomas
The addition of cheap and also readily available raw materials, such as peanut powder, to visually and chemically similar matrices is a common problem in the food industry. When peanuts are used as an adulterant, there is an additional risk of potential health hazard to consumers as a result of allergy-induced anaphylaxis. In this study, different series of peanut admixtures to visually similar food products, such as powdered hazelnuts, almonds, and walnuts, were prepared and analyzed by ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. For identification, an isolated signal at 3.05 ppm in the ¹H NMR spectrum of polar peanut extract was used as an indicator of peanut adulteration. The chemical marker was identified as (2S,4R)-N-methyl-4-hydroxy-l-proline by resynthesis of the compound and used as an internal standard. The signal-to-noise ratio and the integral of the signal of the marker can both be used to detect peanut impurities. Overall, an approximate limit of detection of 4% admixtures of peanut in various food products was determined using a 400 MHz spectrometer. With regard to food fraud, we present a viable screening method for detection of economic-relevant peanut adulteration.
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