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Polymorphic fingerprint as an approach to authenticate Iberian pig categories
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High-commercial-value products are often susceptible to food fraud. Among them, Iberian dry-cured ham is highly appreciated due to its particular and sensory, but also nutritional, properties. There are four different Iberian ham categories (namely bellota, recebo, cebo de campo and cebo), which directly depend on the rearing system of the pig during the last stage of the fattening phase. However, there is still a lack of a normalized and robust method capable of authenticating the different product categories and, therefore, preventing mislabeling. In the present work, we characterized the polymorphic behavior of raw (before curing) lipid extracts belonging to the four categories of Iberian pig. A total of 80 different samples were analyzed by DSC, and synchrotron radiation XRD experiments were carried out for selected ones. The results obtained showed that bellota and recebo categories exhibited essentially the same crystallization and polymorphic behavior and this was significantly different (p < 0.05) from that of cebo de campo and cebo. The latter exhibited higher crystallization and melting temperatures than bellota and recebo samples, due to the occurrence of an additional β′-2L polymorphic form. By considering the differences in rearing systems of pigs belonging to the different categories, we concluded that the key factor which determined the polymorphism of Iberian pig lipid extracts was not the physical exercise practiced by the pig, but the inclusion of acorns in the feeding system. This work demonstrated that thermal and crystallographic techniques, like DSC and XRD, may be promoted to be used as fingerprinting tools for the authentication of high-value food products.
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BAYÉS-GARCÍA, Laura, COLOMER-LLOMBART, E., AGUILAR JIMENEZ, M., PALLÀS, Maria teresa. Polymorphic fingerprint as an approach to authenticate Iberian pig categories. _Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society_. 2021. Vol. 98, núm. 11, pàgs. 1093-1105. [consulta: 20 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 0003-021X. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/181977]