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

Table 3

Incidence of OTA in branded and local chocolate samples.

	Branded samples				Local chocolates
	Number of branded samples ()	Contaminated samples	OTA; mean (µg/kg) ± SD	Concentration range (µg/kg)	Number of local samples ()	Contaminated samples	OTA; mean (µg/kg) ± SD	Concentration range (µg/kg)
Bitter chocolate	25	21		0.15–1.28	25	25		0.05–1.3
Dark chocolate	25	25		0.02–1.05	25	25		2.05–3.87
Milk chocolate	25	23		0.05–2.05	25	23		1.89–2.67
White chocolate	25	21		2.08–4.12	25	24		1.32–4.15