Evaluation of mineral and heavy metal contents in Croatian blackberry wines

• Published in: Czech Journal of Food Sciences 2011-05, Vol.28 (3)
• Main Authors: Amidzic Klaric, D.,University of Zagreb (Croatia). Dept. of Food Chemistry, Klaric, I.,Department of Public Health, Brcko (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Velic, D.,Faculty of Food Technology, Osijek (Croatia). Dept. of Process Engineering, Vedrina Dragojevic, I.,University of Zagreb (Croatia). Dept. of Food Chemistry
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BEBIDAS ALCOHOLICAS; BLACKBERRIES; BOISSON ALCOOLISEE; CADMIO; CADMIUM; CALCIO; CALCIUM; CALIDAD; CHROME; CHROMIUM; CINC; COBALT; COBALTO; COBRE; CONTENIDO MINERAL; COPPER; CROACIA; CROATIA; CROATIE; CROMO; CUIVRE; ESPECTROMETRIA DE ABSORCION ATOMICA; FER; FOOD SAFETY; HEAVY METALS; HIERRO; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1178; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1196; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1595; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1702; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1868; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2223; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_248; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_28567; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_33969; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_33995; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_34864; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3950; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4517; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4570; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4848; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6139; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6400; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6686; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7145; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_8406; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_8517; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_947; INNOCUITE DES PRODUITS ALIMENTAIRES; INOCUIDAD ALIMENTARIA; IRON; MAGNESIO; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MANGANESO; METAL LOURD; METALES PESADOS; MINERAL CONTENT; MINERAL NUTRIENTS; MURE DE RONCE; NUTRIENTES MINERALES; POTASIO; POTASSIUM; QUALITE; QUALITY; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS; SODIO; SODIUM; SPECTROMETRIE D'ABSORPTION ATOMIQUE; SUBSTANCE NUTRITIVE MINERALE; TENEUR EN ELEMENTS MINERAUX; VIN; VINOS; WINES; ZARZAMORA; ZINC
• ISSN: 1212-1800

The mineral and heavy metal contents in 17 commercially available Croatian blackberry wines were determined by FAAS/FAES and GFAAS. The concentrations of potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, zinc, cobalt, chromium, and cadmium were between (in mg/L) 924-1,507, 11.81-120.10, 86.4-457.1, 183.4-381.2, 0.082-6.273, 0.058-0.767, 1.47-11.53, 0.247-6.645, and (in microg/L) 3.21-11.89, 10.08-15.88, and 0.55-9.9, respectively. A negative correlation was found between the concentrations of macro (Mg) and micro (Fe) minerals. Furthermore, positive correlations were observed between the concentrations of Mn, Ca, and Co indicating anthropogenic origin of these elements. Multivariate analyses (PCA/LDA) showed that the distinct patterns of the metal concentrations in blackberry wines could be identified with quite satisfactory accuracy (sensitivity and specificity) with the subregion of the origin. In regard to the results obtained, Croatian blackberry wines could be considered as safe from the health risk point of view and as a good additional source of the essential nutrients investigated such as Mn, Mg and K.