Benzene as a Chemical Hazard in Processed Foods

Table 1

Determination of benzene in foods.

Food	Benzene concentration	Country	Reference
Organ meats; Fruit-based products, chicken, fish, peanuts, potatoes, vegetable oils	18 ppb; <1 ppb	United Kingdom	[43]
Fruits, cheese, eggs, others; Roasted peanuts; Pickled olives	<1 ppb; 1,85 ppb; 2,19 ppb	USA	[6]
Carbonated soda beverages (118 samples)	1.1–3.67 ppb	Italy	[44]
Human milk (23 samples)	0.01–0.018 ppm	Italy	[45]
Nonalcoholic and alcoholic beverages	47 samples <1 ppb; 20 samples >1.1 ppb–17.6 ppb	Canada	[46]
Nonalcoholic and alcoholic beverages	0.02–18 ppb in the 93 positive products; 3 products >5 ppb	Canada	[47]
Carbonated soda beverages (124 samples)	4 samples >5 ppb; 2 samples >10 ppb; 1 sample = 23 ppb	Canada	[48]
Carbonated soda beverages (134 samples)	Not detected in 33% of the samples; Traces in 47% of the samples (0.3 ppb); 10 samples <1 ppb; 1 sample >10 ppb	Belgium	[2]
Carbonated soda beverages	77% samples <1 ppb; 9% samples >5 ppb	USA	[49]
Carbonated soda beverages (63 samples)	97% of the samples <10 ppb; 2 samples >10 ppb	Ireland	[50]
Carrot juice	0.17–2.01 ppb	Germany	[51]
Alcoholic beverages (3 samples)	2.4 ppb in one sample	China	[52]
Carbonated soda beverages	0.15–2.36 ppb	Italy	[53]
Carbonated soda beverages	<1.5 ppb (25°C)	Egypt	[32]
Nonalcoholic beverages (48 samples)	27.08% samples 5.47–16.91 ppb (where 8.33% samples >10 ppb)	Thailand	[54]