In this study, an analytical method for the detection and identification of extra virgin olive oil adulteration with four types of oils (corn, peanut, rapeseed, and sunflower oils) was proposed. The variables under evaluation included 22 fatty acids and 6 other significant parameters (the ratio of linoleic/linolenic acid, oleic/linoleic acid, total saturated fatty acids (SFAs), polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA...
Olive oil is a well known vegetable oil due to its beneficial effects on human’s health and its strong economic importance in the Mediterranean area, being this region alone responsible for more than 90% of the olive oil’s world production. In other regions such as the Chinese one, olive oil is not that commonly used, and other vegetable oils such as tea seed oil, rapeseed oil, sesame oil, corn oil, sunflower o...