Which method is appropriate for lard detection in halal foods: Fourier transform infrared, differential scanning calorimetry, or polymerase chain reaction?

Jannat, Behrouz; Hedayati, Farideh; Khaghani, Leili; Hedayati, Alireza; Rastegar, Hossein; Hedayati, Vahideh

doi:10.30502/jhhhm.2023.414531.1071

Which method is appropriate for lard detection in halal foods: Fourier transform infrared, differential scanning calorimetry, or polymerase chain reaction?

Document Type : Original

Authors

Behrouz Jannat ¹

Farideh Hedayati ²

Leili Khaghani ¹

Alireza Hedayati ²

Hossein Rastegar ¹

Vahideh Hedayati ²

¹ Halal Research Center of IRI., Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.

² Laboratory of genetic, Dana Gene Pajouh Company, Tehran, Iran.

10.30502/jhhhm.2023.414531.1071

Abstract

Background and objective: Lard is commonly used in food industry due to its availability, low cost, and ability to enhance food quality. However, certain religious groups such as Muslims do not eat it and consider lard as non-halal food. In the present study, for the first time, we conducted chemical and molecular analysis to detect different percentages of lard simultaneously.
Materials and methods: To determine origin of a sample containing lard, various percentages of lard including 100, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5, 3, 1 and 0% w/w were prepared in triplicate and tested for Fourier transform infrared, differential scanning calorimetry, and polymerase chain reaction analysis. Fourier transform infrared spectral analysis was carried out in the mid-infrared range (2-25 µm). Differential scanning calorimetry analysis was done from -60 to 60 ºC at scan rate of 10 ºC/min. The reactions in polymerase chain reaction analysis were amplified by specific primers which designed from cow and pig.
Results and conclusion: Our results demonstrated that all three methods could detect various quantities of lard, but Fourier transform infrared and differential scanning calorimetry had some exceptions in their results. In comparison, polymerase chain reaction could amplify the pig-specific band (212 bp) in all samples containing lard. Therefore, our results showed that polymerase chain reaction approach is more reliable and accurate than two other methods.

Keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry

Fourier transform infrared

Halal

Lard

Polymerase chain reaction

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