Identification of adulterants (sunflower oil and soybean oil) in grapeseed oil (Vitis vinifera L.) and chia oil (Salvia hispanica L.) by FT-MIR spectroscopy and chemometric

Grapeseed and chia oils are important for their fatty acids profile. Both oils are considered gourmet and due their high retail prices they are susceptible to adulteration. FT-MIR was used with chemometric analysis to identify and quantify the adulterants (sunflower and soybean oils) in grapeseed and chia oils. A ternary mixture system was designed for each oil using as adulterants sunflower and soybean oils (2-50%, w/w). Soft independent modelling by class analogy (SIMCA) discriminated adulterated samples and pure samples (100% of recognition and rejection). Partial least squares (PLS) showed the best calibration result (R2c: ≥ 0.95; SEC: 2.22-2.87) and validation (R2v: ≥ 0.99; SEP: 2.25-3.13).