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

Table 6

Estimation of the daily intake (mg/day) and contribution (%) to the recommended daily intake (RDI) of the essential metals analyzed.

(a)

	Edible part	EDI (mg/day)	EDI (mg/day)	% RDI
				Men	Women	Children
Macroelements
Na	White	26.5	34.1	2.27	2.27	1.77
	Yolk	7.46	9.58	0.64	0.64	0.50
	H	27.9	35.9	2.39	2.39	1.86
K	White	13.2	16.9	0.55	0.55	0.42
	Yolk	15.3	19.6	0.63	0.63	0.49
	H	11.9	15.3	0.49	0.49	0.39
Ca	White	1.90	2.44	0.24	0.24	0.17
	Yolk	18.8	24.2	2.42	2.42	1.71
	H	4.23	5.43	0.54	0.54	0.39
Mg	White	1.97	2.53	0.72	0.85	0.71
	Yolk	0.77	0.99	0.28	0.33	0.28
	H	2.13	2.73	0.78	0.91	0.76
Trace elements
Cu	White	0.04	0.05	4.79	4.79	4.10
	Yolk	0.08	0.10	9.11	9.11	7.80
	H	0.05	0.07	6.31	6.31	5.40
Fe	White	0.04	0.05	0.51	0.25	0.30
	Yolk	0.45	0.58	6.46	3.23	3.77
	H	0.13	0.17	1.90	0.952	1.11
Mn	White	—	—	—	—	—
	Yolk	0.01	0.01	0.48	0.62	0.54
	H			0.14	0.18	0.16
Zn	White	0.02	0.03	0.30	0.41	0.28
	Yolk	0.36	0.46	4.87	6.62	4.51
	H	0.08	0.11	1.11	1.50	1.02
Cr	White			0.002	0.002	0.002
	Yolk			0.001	0.02	0.01
	H			0.02	0.02	0.02
Mo	White	—	—	—	—	—
	Yolk			0.01	0.01	0.004
	H			0.001	0.001	0.001

(b)

	Edible part	EDI (mg/day)	EDI (mg/day)	% UL, PTWI, or TDI
				Adults	Children
Toxic metals
Al	White	0.37	0.48	4.88	7.47
	Yolk	0.27	0.35	3.57	5.47
	H	0.23	0.29	3.00	4.59
Sr	White	0.06	0.07	0.80	1.22
	Yolk	0.06	0.07	0.81	1.24
	H	0.05	0.06	0.72	1.10
V	White			0.21	0.16
	Yolk			0.26	0.20
	H			0.36	0.28
B	White	0.01	0.02	0.10	0.45
	Yolk	0.01	0.02	0.10	0.42
	H			0.06	0.25
Ba	White	0.01	0.02	1.14	1.74
	Yolk	0.04	0.06	3.99	6.10
	H	0.02	0.02	1.64	2.51
Ni	White	0.73	0.94	0.49	0.75
	Yolk	1.70	2.18	1.14	1.74
	H	1.22	1.56	0.81	1.25
Pb	White	0.49	0.62	1.82	2.53
	Yolk	0.97	1.25	3.64	5.05
	H	0.49	0.62	1.82	2.53

for mean consumption of hen’s egg established by the AESAN (24.3 g/person/day for children, 31.2 g/person/day for adults).
: the homogenized egg.
in μg/day.