Food fraud occurs when products that do not meet consumer expectations reach the market and, in extreme cases, this can lead to health problems. To combat this misleading and critical practice in the food sector, a team from the University of Barcelona has published new studies presenting technologies to verify the geographical origin of two food products: virgin olive oil — emblematic of the Mediterranean diet — and pine nuts, the most expensive nuts on the market.

Professors Stefania Vichi and Alba Tres lead the study that is part of the doctoral thesis conducted by researcher Berta Torres, from the UB’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, the Nutrition and Food Safety Research Institute (INSA) and the UB’s Torribera Food Campus.

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