Issue 41, 2023

Recent developments of e-sensing devices coupled to data processing techniques in food quality evaluation: a critical review

Abstract

A greater demand for high-quality food is being driven by the growth of economic and technological advancements. In this context, consumers are currently paying special attention to organoleptic characteristics such as smell, taste, and appearance. Motivated to mimic human senses, scientists developed electronic devices such as e-noses, e-tongues, and e-eyes, to spot signals relative to different chemical substances prevalent in food systems. To interpret the information provided by the sensors' responses, multiple chemometric approaches are used depending on the aim of the study. This review based on the Web of Science database, endeavored to scrutinize three e-sensing systems coupled to chemometric approaches for food quality evaluation. A total of 122 eligible articles pertaining to the e-nose, e-tongue and e-eye devices were selected to conduct this review. Most of the performed studies used exploratory analysis based on linear factorial methods, while classification and regression techniques came in the second position. Although their applications have been less common in food science, it is to be noted that nonlinear approaches based on artificial intelligence and machine learning deployed in a big-data context have generally yielded better results for classification and regression purposes, providing new perspectives for future studies.

Graphical abstract: Recent developments of e-sensing devices coupled to data processing techniques in food quality evaluation: a critical review

Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
04 Jūl. 2023
Accepted
18 Sept. 2023
First published
18 Sept. 2023

Anal. Methods, 2023,15, 5410-5440

Recent developments of e-sensing devices coupled to data processing techniques in food quality evaluation: a critical review

H. Abi-Rizk, D. Jouan-Rimbaud Bouveresse, J. Chamberland and C. B. Y. Cordella, Anal. Methods, 2023, 15, 5410 DOI: 10.1039/D3AY01132A

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