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Our capability to analyse and interpret food complexity is limited when traditional analytical methods are used. On the other hand, the utilisation of vibrational spectroscopy (e.g. near- and mid-infrared, Raman spectroscopy) combined with data analytics has provided with a robust tool that has improved the capacity to link in a swift and consistent method the data created during the production, processes, storage and trade of food ingredients and products. These new tools (e.g. vibrational spectroscopy, mathematical modelling and algorithms, the Internet of Things) are providing with the means to better understand and monitor food in the context of sustainable food systems.
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Cozzolino, D. Advantages, Opportunities, and Challenges of Vibrational Spectroscopy as Tool to Monitor Sustainable Food Systems. Food Anal. Methods 15, 1390–1396 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12161-021-02207-w
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