This review (open access) covers a range of topics relating to insect-protein safety and quality including a substantial section on authentication. It is an output of the Czech-Slovenian bilateral project: Quality, Safety and Authenticity of Insect Protein-based Food and Feed (INPROFF). It references studies to map the insect supply chain as well as analytical techniques to verify either the species or the substrate in which it has been reared. Published techniques are largely based on stable isotope ratio analysis. The review concludes that there have been relatively few authenticity studies, with a significant literature gap, and that without the necessary tools, a nascent insect farming industry is ripe for economic fraud. The authors highlight a gap in metrological traceability for insect ingredient quality and authenticity analysis. They report that the INPROFF programme is addressing this by developing a reference dataset based on genuine samples.
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Where do I find the free full text version, please.
Hello Frank, the link should be embedded in the Blog under the words "This review" but if not then this is the link.
https://www.explorationpub.com/uploads/Article/A101041/101041.pdf