Worldwide stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes of Big Mac® patties: An example of a truly "glocal" food

Food Chemistry

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1712-1718

  Martinelli, Luiz A ^a   Nardoto, Gabriela B ^a   Chesson, Lesley A ^c,d   Rinaldi, Fernando D ^a   Ometto, Jean Pierre H B ^b   Cerling, Thure E ^c,d   Ehleringer, James R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d IsoForensics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Big Mac ; Carbon isotopes; Glocal food; Nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; GLOCAL FOOD; HIGHER LATITUDES; MCDONALD'S; N VALUE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; STABLE CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MEATS; NITROGEN;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEEF; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CATTLE; FAST FOOD; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; REARING;

BOS;

EID: 79953212599     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.02.046     Document Type: Article

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