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Chromium in <strong>food</strong> and <strong>drinking</strong> <strong>water</strong><br />

Appendix C: Commonly consumed <strong>food</strong>s in United States and their corresponding<br />

analytical <strong>chromium</strong> values (adapted from Thor et al., 2011)<br />

Commonly consumed <strong>food</strong>s (descending order)<br />

Mean<br />

mg/kg<br />

Median<br />

mg/kg<br />

Range<br />

mg/kg<br />

Protein sources, include meat, poultry, fish, eggs, nuts<br />

Beef: meat, beef, ground beef 1.68 0.09 0.013–4.95 2.83<br />

Chicken: chicken breast 0.083 - 0.006-0.16 0.11<br />

Pork: ham 0.021 0.022 0.00003-0.042 0.021<br />

Eggs: egg, whole, cooked 0.023 0.005 0.00001-0.10 0.039<br />

Peanuts: peanut butter 0.028 - 0.0018-0.038 0.014<br />

Fish and shellfish: shrimp 0.158 0.210 0.004-0.26 0.136<br />

Fruits and fruit juices<br />

Orange juice 0.005 0.004 0.001-0.009 0.004<br />

Apple 0.082 0.033 0.00002-0.397 0.142<br />

Banana 0.049 0.008 0.00001-0.164 0.068<br />

Apple juice 0.002 - 0.0001-0.003 0.002<br />

Strawberries 0.017 0.010 0.008-0.032 0.013<br />

Orange 0.049 0.017 0.00001-0.255 0.092<br />

Peach 0.062 - 0.050-0.074 0.017<br />

Cantaloupe 0.043 0.050 0.00001-0.080 0.040<br />

Vegetables<br />

Potato: potato, peeled, raw 0.011 0.006 0.003-0.030 0.013<br />

Head lettuce 0.005 0.001 0.001-0.013 0.007<br />

Dry edible beans: pinto beans 0.580 - 0.28-0.88 0.424<br />

Romaine and leaf lettuce 0.110 0.057 0.00001-0.327 0.147<br />

Onion, fresh 0.510 0.342 0.017-1.34 0.593<br />

Tomato, fresh 0.082 0.007 0.00003-0.461 0.170<br />

Cabbage 0.166 0.079 0.006-0.50 0.229<br />

Carrot 0.032 0.017 0.004-0.090 0.035<br />

Celery 0.051 0.070 0.003-0.080 0.042<br />

Milk and dairy products<br />

Whole milk (fluid) 0.011 0.002 0.001-0.029 0.016<br />

Skim milk (fluid) 0.009 0.009 0.00001-0.020 0.011<br />

Yogurt 0.015 0.016 0.00001-0.030 0.017<br />

American cheese 0.021 0.020 0.014-0.030 0.008<br />

Grains<br />

Ready-to-eat cereals: Kellogg’s Raisin Bran 0.116 0.132 0.080-0.135 0.031<br />

Nonwhole grain yeast bread: white bread 0.091 0.047 0.00003-0.305 0.116<br />

Whole grain yeast bread: whole wheat bread 0.149 0.105 0.00008-0.382 0.157<br />

Hot cereals: Nabisco quick prepared cream of wheat 0.072 0.086 0.039-0.090 0.028<br />

Fats<br />

Butter 0.027 0.007 0.003-0.130 0.050<br />

Margarine 0.019 0.003 0.0004-0.070 0.034<br />

SD: Standard deviation<br />

SD<br />

EFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3595 169

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