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Concerns over food fraud continued to plague the food supply chain. Within the various definitions of food fraud, in the scope of Regulation (EU) 2019/1715, food fraud is referred to as a non-compliance concerning any suspected intentional action by businesses or individuals, to deceive purchasers and gain undue advantage therefrom, in violation of the rules referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (European Commission, 2019; European Union, 2021). In Portugal, food fraud is defined under the Decreto-Lei n. °28/84, aligned with EU Regulation 178/2002, covering fraudulent practices and adulteration of food for economic gain (Assembleia da República, 1984; European Parliament, 2002; A. Mil-Homens et al., 2016).