Migration of aluminum from food contact materials to food-a health risk for consumers? Part II of III
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28458988
Environ Sci Eur. 2017;29(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s12302-017-0118-9. Epub 2017 Apr 12.
Stahl T1, Falk S2, Rohrbeck A2, Georgii S2, Herzog C1, Wiegand A1, Hotz S3, Boschek B4, Zorn H3, Brunn H5.
Author information
- 1 Hessian State Laboratory, Am Versuchsfeld 11, 34128 Kassel, Germany.
- 2 Hessian State Laboratory, Glarusstr. 6, 65203 Wiesbaden, Germany.
- 3 Institute of Food Chemistry and Food Biotechnology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
- 4 Institute of Medical Virology, Justus Liebig University, Schubertstraße 81, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
- 5 Hessian State Laboratory, Schubertstr. 60, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Drinking bottles and stove-top moka pots made of aluminum have become very popular. Storing drinks in bottles and preparing coffee in a moka pot may result in the migration of aluminum to the beverage.
RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS:
In a systematic study of aluminum drinking bottles, it has been shown that drinking a mixture of apple juice and mineral water in an aluminum bottle may reach 86.6% of the total weekly intake (TWI) for adults, and drinking tea from an aluminum bottle may exceed the TWI (145%) for a child weighing 15 kg. In contrast, preparing coffee in an aluminum moka pot results in a maximum of 4% to TWI, if an average of 3.17 L coffee is consumed per week, even if the pots are washed in the dishwasher, against the explicit instructions of the manufacturer.
KEYWORDS:
Aluminum drinking bottles; Aluminum moka pots; Coffee preparation; Release limits; Simulants; Total weekly intake
PMID: 28458988 PMCID: PMC5388725
DOI: 10.1186/s12302-017-0118-9
