Flavoured versus natural waters: Macromineral (Ca, Mg, K, Na) and micromineral (Fe, Cu, Zn) contents

Food Chemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 580-589

  Fatima Barroso M ^a,b   Silva, Aurora ^a   Ramos, Sandra ^a   Oliva Teles, M T ^a   Delerue Matos, Cristina ^a   Sales, M Goreti F ^a   Oliveira, M B P P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atomic spectrophotometry; Flavoured waters; Health benefits; Macrominerals; Microminerals

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CITRIC ACID; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL WATER; POTASSIUM; PRESERVATIVE; SODIUM; SODIUM NITRATE; SWEETENING AGENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT JUICE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 67349146974     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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