Chromatographic Fingerprinting and Food Identity/Quality: Potentials and Challenges Cuadros Rodríguez, Luis Ortega Gavilán, Fidel Martín Torres, Sandra Arroyo Cerezo, Alejandra Jiménez Carvelo, Ana María Chromatography food authentication Chemometrics and data mining Non-targeted analytical methods Chromatograms are a valuable source of information about the chemical composition of the food being analyzed. Sometimes, this information is not explicit and appears in a hidden or not obvious way. Thus, the use of chemometric tools and datamining methods to extract it is required. The fingerprint provided by a chromatogram offers the possibility to perform both identity and quality testing of foodstuffs. This perspective is aimed at providing an updated opinion of chromatographic fingerprinting methodology in the field of food authentication. Furthermore, the limitations, its absence in official analytical methods, and the future directions of this methodology are discussed. 2022-03-09T07:27:16Z 2022-03-09T07:27:16Z 2021-11-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Cuadros-Rodríguez, L., Ortega-Gavilán, F., Martín-Torres, S., Arroyo-Cerezo, A., & Jiménez-Carvelo, A. M. (2021). Chromatographic Fingerprinting and Food Identity/Quality: Potentials and Challenges. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 69(48), 14428-14434. http://hdl.handle.net/10481/73237 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.1c05584 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España American Chemical Society