title: Iodine concentration in canteen meals prepared with or without iodized salt.
abstract: In each of two university canteens differing in the use (canteen A) or non-use (canteen B) of iodized salt for food preparation, 15 mostly equal lunch meals were collected for iodide and NaCl analysis. With similar NaCl content, the meals of canteen A contained on average 6.1 micrograms I/100 g ww (8.5 micrograms I/g NaCl) more I than the meals of canteen B. Total I intake by consumption of an average meal of canteen A was estimated as 56.5 +/- 24.1 micrograms (canteen B: 17.0 +/- 9.9 micrograms). Consequently, the use of iodized salt in central catering seems to play a more important role in a sufficient I intake than assumed so far.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Ernährungswissenschaft, Technischen Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Linseisen
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Metges
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wolfram
mesh_terms: D003296:Cooking; D005504:Food Analysis; D005522:Food Services; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000032:analysis*; D012016:Reference Values; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary; C034024:iodized salt; D007455:Iodine