Authentication of the Montanera Period on Carcasses of Iberian Pigs by Using Analytical Techniques and Chemometric Analyses

• Published in: Animals (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 9; p. 2671
• Main Authors: Hernández-Jiménez, Miriam, Revilla, Isabel, Arce, Lourdes, Cardador, María José, Ríos-Reina, Rocío, González-Martín, Inmaculada, Vivar-Quintana, Ana María
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 11.09.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: acorn-fed; acorns and grass feeding; Animals; Calibration; Carcasses; Chemical treatment; Classification; Fatty acids; Food; Gas chromatography; GC-IMS; Hogs; Iberian pig carcasses; Infrared analysis; Infrared spectroscopy; Ionic mobility; Laboratories; Mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; Natural resources; Near infrared radiation; NIRS; non-destructive sampling methods; Pasture; Pork; Sampling; Sampling methods; Scientific imaging; Swine; Temperature; Spain
• ISSN: 2076-2615; 2076-2615
• DOI: 10.3390/ani11092671

The potential of two complementary analytical techniques (near infrared spectroscopy, NIRS and gas chromatography–ion mobility spectrometry, GC-IMS) was used to establish the time that Iberian pigs have been fed on acorns and pasture and to verify their genetic purity. For both techniques it was neither necessary to carry out any chemical treatment in advance nor to identify individual compounds. The results showed that both the NIR spectrum and the spectral fingerprint obtained by GC-IMS were affected by the time that the Iberian pig feeds on natural resources. High percentages of correct classification were achieved in the calibration for both techniques: >98% for the days of montanera and >96% for the breed by NIRS and >99% for the days of montanera and >98% for the breed by GC-IMS. The results obtained showed that NIR spectra taken from intact samples is a quick classification method according to the time of montanera and breed.