<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In the everyday human diet, cereal products are considered to be basics. Such food should have healthy properties and not contain harmful additives, especially heavy metals as exposure to low doses of such xenobiotics can adversely affect human health. Ecological farming is the answer to consumer expectations regarding food safety, and ecological products are recommended as a basis for proper nutrition, despite the higher cost of their purchase. The present study was carried out to evaluate the content of heavy metals in ecological cereal products and their non-ecological analogues.</p></abstract>

In the everyday human diet, cereal products are considered to be basics. Such food should have healthy properties and not contain harmful additives, especially heavy metals as exposure to low doses of such xenobiotics can adversely affect human health. Ecological farming is the answer to consumer expectations regarding food safety, and ecological products are recommended as a basis for proper nutrition, despite the higher cost of their purchase. The present study was carried out to evaluate the content of heavy metals in ecological cereal products and their non-ecological analogues.

Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterparts

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In the everyday human diet, cereal products are considered to be basics. Such food should have healthy properties and not contain harmful additives, especially...

Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterparts

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 147 - 150

Received: Sep 07, 2017

Accepted: Oct 05, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cipms-2017-0027

Keywords
cereal products, heavy metals, ecological and non-ecological products

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterparts

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 147 - 150

Received: Sep 07, 2017

Accepted: Oct 05, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cipms-2017-0027

Keywordscereal products, heavy metals, ecological and non-ecological products

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
cereal products, heavy metals, ecological and non-ecological products