Aluminium migration into beverages: are dented cans safe?
Aluminium (Al) migration from cans to beer and tea was studied along time. Analyses of Al in the canned drinks were performed till the sell-by date, and, in seven months, aluminium migration was found to increase 0.14 mg L(-1) in beer, and 0.6 mg L(-1) in tea. This study included dented cans from which aluminium migration into tea was found to be particularly severe. Al concentration in dented canned tea increased 9.6 mg L(-1) in seven months.
Veríssimo
Marta I S
MI
CESAM & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
Gomes
M Teresa S R
MT
D000535:Aluminum / Q000032:analysis*; D001515:Beer; D001628:Beverages; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D018857:Food Packaging / Q000592:standards*; D013662:Tea; D013997:Time Factors
D013662:Tea; D000535:Aluminum