Lipid extracts that exhibit similar near infrared spectra due to their chemical composition were investigated to generate their fingerprint by using pattern recognition techniques. Sunflower, buckthorn, wheatgerm, chrysalis, and olive oils were checked for qualitative and quantitative composition by GC-MS techniques and then analysed by using an NIRSystems Pharma device. Good results were obtained for wheatgerm, chrysalis and buckthorn oil (the “quality areas” do not overlay), but contradictory results were obtained for sunflower and olive oil.
