Food science application

One of the main issues in the food industry is to determine quality and authenticity, and to detect adulteration, which causes a great deal of concern among consumers and risk in brand reputation for manufacturers. Food quality control is a wide playing field that includes different participants such as consumers, manufacturers, legislative bodies, researchers, etc. with an individual perspective for each participant, including economic and environmental contexts. But the ultimate goal is to produce safe and healthy food products. The preferential choice of food items depends on individuals’ lifestyles, diets, health, religious beliefs, current trends, etc. This brings about the issues of accurate labeling, fair trade, and consumer's health. The analysis of food and capabilities and limitations of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) on foods have been reported. This chapter provides an overview of applications on food quality and the monitoring of several foods, sampling techniques, and limitations of LIBS.