Research Article

Dietary Intake of Metals from Fresh Cage-Reared Hens’ Eggs in Tenerife, Canary Islands

Table 1

Reference metals and recovery study of the analyzed metals.

MetalMaterialCertified concentrationObtained concentrationRecovery study%

NaSRM 1515 apple leaves99.6
SRM 1548a typical diet8132 ± 94298.4
SRM 1567a wheat flour6.1 ± 0.899.2

KSRM 1515 apple leaves1.61 ± 0.0297.8
SRM 1548a typical diet6970 ± 12598.4
SRM 1567a wheat flour0.133 ± 0.00399.3

CaSRM 1515 apple leaves1.53 ± 0.02102.3
SRM 1548a typical diet1967 ± 11399.7
SRM 1567a wheat flour0.02 ± 0.00101.4

MgSRM 1515 apple leaves0.27 ± 0.0198.1
SRM 1548a typical diet580 ± 26.797.7
SRM 1567a wheat flour0.04 ± 0.00102.6

FeSRM 1515 apple leaves80.0 ± 0.099.5
SRM 1548a typical diet35.3 ± 3.77101.3
SRM 1567a wheat flour14.1 ± 0.598.9

MnSRM 1515 apple leaves54.0 ± 3.0101.5
SRM 1548a typical diet5.75 ± 0.1799.3
SRM 1567a wheat flour9.4 ± 0.9102.4

CuSRM 1515 apple leaves5.6 ± 0.2498.9
SRM 1548a typical diet2.32 ± 0.16100.7
SRM 1567a wheat flour2.1 ± 0.299.7

ZnSRM 1515 apple leaves12.5 ± 0.3101.9
SRM 1548a typical diet24.6 ± 1.7998.7
SRM 1567a wheat flour11.6 ± 0.4102.7

CrSRM 1515 apple leaves0.30 ± 0.0097.8

MoSRM 1515 apple leaves0.09 ± 0.0199.4
SRM 1548a typical diet0.26 ± 0.0298.6
SRM 1567a wheat flour0.48 ± 0.0399.6

CoSRM 1515 apple leaves0.09 ± 0.00101.5
SRM 1567a wheat flour0.006 ± 0.00102.4

BSRM 1515 apple leaves27.0 ± 2.099.9
SRM 1548a typical diet4.16 ± 0.04101.8

BaSRM 1548a typical diet1.10 ± 0.10102.5

SrSRM 1515 apple leaves25.0 ± 2.098.3
SRM 1548a typical diet2.93 ± 0.1099.2

NiSRM 1515 apple leaves0.91 ± 0.12100.6
SRM 1548a typical diet0.37 ± 0.02102.3

VSRM 1548a typical diet0.26 ± 0.03100.6
SRM 1567a wheat flour0.011 ± 0.0099.4

AlSRM 1515 apple leaves286 ± 999.7
SRM 1548a typical diet72.4 ± 1.5298.3
SRM 1567a wheat flour5.7 ± 1.399.2

PbSRM 1515 apple leaves0.47 ± 0.02100.3
SRM 1548a typical diet0.044 ± 0.00098.9
SRM 1567a wheat flour<0.02<0.0299.5

CdSRM 1515 apple leaves0.014 ± 0.0099.3
SRM 1548a typical diet0.035 ± 0.015102.2
SRM 1567a wheat flour0.026 ± 0.00298.4