Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Out of the lab
  • Published:

Photonic tasting

Nature Photonics volume 3, pages 69–71 (2009)Cite this article

Accurate and efficient testing is essential for ensuring the quality and safety of the food we eat. Whereas most analysis methods are destructive, Duncan Graham-Rowe reports that optical techniques are not only non-invasive but in some cases can also assess nutritional content.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Figure 1

© ISTOCKPHOTO.COM / FANELLIPHOTOGRAPHY

Figure 2

FRESHSCAN

Figure 3

UNIV. OF MILAN & TEAGASC

Figure 4

UNIV. OF MILAN & TEAGASC

Figure 5

MIE UNIV. & NEC

Author information

Author notes

  1. Additional reporting by Rachel Won, an associate editor of Nature Photonics based in Tokyo, Japan. r.won@natureasia.com

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Duncan Graham-Rowe is a freelance science and technology journalist based in, Brighton, UK

    Duncan Graham-Rowe

Authors
  1. Duncan Graham-Rowe
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Graham-Rowe, D. Photonic tasting. Nature Photon 3, 69–71 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.276

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.276

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing