Rapid Identification of Rainbow Trout Adulteration in Atlantic Salmon by Raman Spectroscopy Combined with Machine Learning.

Journal: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
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Abstract

This study intends to evaluate the utilization potential of the combined Raman spectroscopy and machine learning approach to quickly identify the rainbow trout adulteration in Atlantic salmon. The adulterated samples contained various concentrations (0-100% / at 10% intervals) of rainbow trout mixed into Atlantic salmon. Spectral preprocessing methods, such as first derivative, second derivative, multiple scattering correction (MSC), and standard normal variate, were employed. Unsupervised algorithms, such as recursive feature elimination, genetic algorithm (GA), and simulated annealing, and supervised K-means clustering (KM) algorithm were used for selecting important spectral bands to reduce the spectral complexity and improve the model stability. Finally, the performances of various machine learning models, including linear regression, nonlinear regression, regression tree, and rule-based models, were verified and compared. The results denoted that the developed GA-KM-Cubist machine learning model achieved satisfactory results based on MSC preprocessing. The determination coefficient (R) and root mean square error of prediction sets (RMSEP) in the test sets were 0.87 and 10.93, respectively. These results indicate that Raman spectroscopy can be used as an effective Atlantic salmon adulteration identification method; further, the developed model can be used for quantitatively analyzing the rainbow trout adulteration in Atlantic salmon.

Authors

  • Zeling Chen
    College of Food, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
  • Ting Wu
    Asia Pacific Unit, Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, MSD (China) R&D Co., Ltd., Beijing, China.
  • Cheng Xiang
    College of Food, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
  • Xiaoyan Xu
    School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China.
  • Xingguo Tian
    College of Food, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China. xingguot@scau.edu.cn.