Incidence of Mycotoxins in Local and Branded Samples of Chocolates Marketed in Pakistan

Table 2

Incidence of total aflatoxins in branded and local chocolate samples.

	Branded samples				Local chocolates
	Number of branded samples ()	Contaminated samples	Total AFs; Mean (µg/kg) ± SD	Concentration range (µg/kg)	Number of local samples ()	Contaminated samples	Total AFs; Mean (µg/kg) ± SD	Concentration range (µg/kg)
Bitter chocolate	25	19		0.15–0.98	25	22		1.15–2.95
Dark chocolate	25	24		1.02–2.56	25	25		1.32–2.62
Milk chocolate	25	20		1.05–2.25	25	23		2.02–3.05
White chocolate	25	20		0.08–0.2	25	21		2.08–3.85