Authenticity assessment of fats and oils

Authenticity is an important issue for the food industry due to legal compl iance, economic reasons (right goods for the right price), guarantee of a c onstant well-defined quality, use of safe ingredients (no hazardous substit utes), and religious reasons (halal, kosher). This report gives an extensiv e overview on the authenticity assessment of oils and fats for food product s and summarizes the principal techniques useful for this assessment. Scope and limits of different analytical tools are discussed.