Recent years, great advances has been made in qualitative and quantitative detection of olive oil by electronic tongue technology. Electronic tongue sensor types and its main applications in olive oil were reviewed, including physical and chemical properties and sensory evaluation, olive varieties, origin authentication and adulteration identification, and biological active ingredient prediction,the above-mentioned technologies, methods and application were also summarized. The problems existed in the detection of olive oil by electronic tongue technology was analyzed, and the research directions of electronic tongue technology in olive oil was prospected. |