Raman spectroscopy is one kind of spectroscopy based on the effect of Raman scattering. The advantages of Raman spectroscopy include rapid determination, high sensitivity, no pretreatment and non-destructive. It has been widely used in many fields such as materials, biology, geology, chemical industry, environmental protection and so on. As a non-destructive determination method, Raman spectroscopy has played a positive role on ensuring food quality and safety. This paper provided an overview of Raman spectroscopy applied to food quality and safety. This paper summarized detection principle, basic structure of Raman spectrometer and the classification of Raman spectroscopy. The research of non-destructive determination in food fields based on Raman spectroscopy was detailed summarized. The problems of Raman spectroscopy during the determination and the development direction were also discussed. |