Abstract: Food adulteration is a topic of great concern in all parts of the world. Several kinds of literature are related to aspects of food adulteration including its detection. In this sense, methodological procedures of food adulteration detection have been reviewed extensively. Over the years, many cases of poisoning have been observed due to the ingestion of unsafe products. Numerous crises and scandals have shaken the European, Latin and Central America food sector over the past few years. food and beverages can be adulterated pursuing different purposes or advantages of the manufacturers or merchants; remembering that an adulterated food is one to which a substance has been deliberately and intentionally added or removed for fraudulent purposes.