title: Furan levels in fruit and vegetables juices, nutrition drinks and bakery products.
abstract: Furan, an oxygen containing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, is considered possibly carcinogenic to humans. In the framework of the EU-project "Role of Genetic and Non-Genetic Mechanisms in Furan Risk", furan levels in food have been collected from the literature. Three food type categories have been selected on the basis of the collected data for sampling and analysis on furan with headspace GC-MS. This paper describes the results for the selected food categories, fruit and vegetables juices, nutrition drinks and bakery products. An attempt has been made to correlate the furan levels with the ingredients of the products.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1087, NL-1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. jwegener@ivm.vu.nl
authors.forename: Jan-Willem
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wegener
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: López-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D001628:Beverages / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards; D001939:Bread / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000592:standards; D005663:Furans / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards; D014675:Vegetables / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D005663:Furans; C039281:furan