Occurrence of benzene as a heat-induced contaminant of carrot juice for babies in a general survey of beverages

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1216-1224

  Lachenmeier, Dirk W ^a   Reusch, Helmut ^a   Sproll, Constanze ^a   Schoeberl, Kerstin ^a   Kuballa, Thomas ^a  

^a Chemisches und Veterinaruntersuchungsamt CVUA Karlsruhe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baby food; Benzene; Benzoic acid; Beverages; Carrot juice; Fruit juice; Soft drinks

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BENZENE; BENZOIC ACID; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; IRON; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BEER; BEVERAGE; CARROT JUICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEATING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT DRINK; CARROT; CHEMISTRY; FOOD HANDLING; HEAT; HUMAN; INFANT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

BENZENE; BEVERAGES; DAUCUS CAROTA; ETHYLENES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD;

EID: 58149114946     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030802036230     Document Type: Article

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