Determination of trace element contents of baby foods from Turkey

Saracoglu S., Saygi K. O., Uluozlu O. D., TÜZEN M., Soylak M.

FOOD CHEMISTRY, cilt.105, sa.1, ss.280-285, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 105 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.11.022
  • Dergi Adı: FOOD CHEMISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.280-285
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: trace elements, baby foods, atomic absorption spectrometry, Turkey, INFANT FORMULA, METAL CONTENT, MILK, IRON, SPECTROMETRY, ANATOLIA, SPICES, COPPER
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The levels of trace elements in different types of baby foods consumed in Turkey were determined by flame and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Dry, wet and microwave digestion procedures were compared and the microwave digestion method was found to be the best. The accuracy of the method was ensured by using a standard reference material (NIST-SRM 8418 Wheat Gluten). The levels of elements in analyzed samples were found to be under legal limits. The range of the investigated elements were 0.52-4.38 mu g/g, 0.22-7.20 mu g/g, 1.02-67.5 mu g/g, 0.92-37.2 mu g/g, 0.12-0.32 mu g/g, 2.02-68.8 mu g/kg, 10.7-66.8 mu g/kg, 0.05-10.3 mu g/g, 2.67-25.4 mu g/kg for Cu, Mn, Fe, Zn, Se, Cr, Al, Ni and Co, respectively. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.