Heavy metal content of potato chips and biscuits from Nagpur City, India

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2007 Oct;79(4):384-7. doi: 10.1007/s00128-007-9256-x. Epub 2007 Aug 23.

Abstract

Heavy metals composition of foods is of immense interest because of its essential or toxic nature. In view of this, we determined concentrations of select heavy metals from food items such as, potato chips and biscuits that were obtained from Nagpur City, India. The present study revealed preferred digestion method for different heavy metal recovery. The accumulation trend for Potato chips was in following order Fe > Al > Zn > Ni > Cu > Mn > Co > Cr > Pb and Cd, while for Biscuits it was Al > Fe > Zn > Ni > Mn > Co > Cr > Pb > Cu and Cd.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Cities
  • Environmental Monitoring*
  • Environmental Pollutants / analysis*
  • Environmental Pollutants / chemistry
  • Environmental Pollutants / metabolism
  • Food Contamination / analysis*
  • India
  • Industrial Waste*
  • Metals, Heavy / analysis*
  • Metals, Heavy / chemistry
  • Metals, Heavy / metabolism

Substances

  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Industrial Waste
  • Metals, Heavy