Presence of patulin in fruit and fruit juices produced in Turkey

M. Demirci, A. Arici, T. Gümüs, Tekirdag

The authors checked 41 samples of fruit and 85 samples of fruit juices produced in Turkey for patulin.

9 out of 10 cherry samples have been found to contain 5.6–113.3 µg/kg (ppb), 4 out of 6 white mulberry samples 32–426 ppb, 3 out of 5 raspberry samples 48–746 ppb, 8 out of 10 strawberry samples 3.2–572 ppb, 7 out of 10 black mulberry samples 6.8–157.4 ppb patulin. 12 out of 30 samples of apple juice contained 3.2–106.9 ppb, 11 out of 25 peach samples 4.3–93.2 ppb patulin. No patulin was detected in any of the apricot juices checked.

Keywords: Patulin / fruits / fruit juices / Turkey

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