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The Honey Volatile Code: A Collective Study and Extended Version.

Ioannis K Karabagias¹, Vassilios K Karabagias², Anastasia V Badeka³

¹Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece. ikaraba@cc.uoi.gr.

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Summary

This study introduces a new honey authentication theory using chemometrics and a honey code. It successfully distinguished honey samples by botanical origin and code using volatile compound analysis.

Keywords:

HS-SPME/GC-MS chemometrics data bank data handling honey code honey variety

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Chemometrics

Background:

Presents the second part of a novel theory for honey authentication.
Focuses on implementing the 'honey code' and chemometric methods.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a new approach for honey authentication.
To differentiate honey samples based on botanical origin and a defined 'honey code'.

Main Methods:

Analyzed 151 honey samples from seven botanical origins and five countries.
Utilized Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) with Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction (HS-SPME).
Applied classification and dimension reduction statistical techniques to volatile compound data.

Main Results:

Identified and semi-quantified 94 volatile compounds, dominated by acids, alcohols, aldehydes, esters, and terpenoids.
Demonstrated effective discrimination of honey samples by botanical origin and honey code (p < 0.05).
Highlighted specific volatile compounds crucial for sample differentiation, including various ethyl esters, aldehydes, ketones, and hydrocarbons.

Conclusions:

Established new amendments for honey authentication and data handling procedures.
Utilized hierarchical classification strategies (HCSs) to support and advance the state-of-the-art in honey analysis.
Validated the effectiveness of the proposed chemometric approach for reliable honey authentication.