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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Authentication of Maltese Pork Meat Unveiling Insights Through ATR-FTIR and Chemometric Analysis.

Frederick Lia, Mark Caffari, Malcom Borg, Karen Attard

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Frederick LiaBKEA BioKimika Extrakta Analytika Ltd., RBT 3140 Rabat, Malta.
Mark CaffariInstitute of Applied Sciences (IAS), The Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST), PLA 9032 Paola, Malta.ORCID 0009-0009-7110-1398
Malcom BorgCentre of Agriculture, Aquatics and Animal Sciences, Institute of Applied Sciences (IAS), The Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST), QRM 9075 Qormi, Malta.
Karen AttardBKEA BioKimika Extrakta Analytika Ltd., RBT 3140 Rabat, Malta.

Funding

Xjenza Malta APM-UC REP-2024-053
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ensuring the authenticity of meat products is a critical issue for consumer protection, regulatory compliance, and the integrity of local food systems. In this study, attenuated total reflectance Fourier-transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy combined with chemometric and machine learning models was applied to differentiate Maltese from non-Maltese pork. Spectral datasets were subjected to a range of preprocessing techniques, including Savitzky-Golay first and second derivatives, detrending, orthogonal signal correction (OSC), and standard normal variate (SNV). Linear methods such as principal component analysis-linear discriminant analysis (PCA-LDA), the soft independent modeling of class analogy (SIMCA), and partial least squares regression (PLSR) were compared against nonlinear approaches, namely support vector machine regression (SVMR) and artificial neural networks (ANNs). The results revealed that derivative preprocessing consistently enhanced spectral resolution and model robustness, with the fingerprint region (1800-600 cm

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artificial neural networkschemometricsFTIR spectroscopyPLSRpork authenticationSVM

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PMID41154045
PMCPMC12564418

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