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Atomic absorption spectrometry was used to determine mineral (Na, K, Ca and Mg) and trace element content (Zn, Fe, Cu and Si) of various vegetarian foodstuffs in Belgium. Thirty-five commercially available products were analysed after a wet-acid destruction in a closed-vessel destruction bomb. Various important sources of the minerals and trace elements were identified. Since data for vegetarian foods in Belgium are non-existent, the concentration values are compared with the scarce literature data and particularly with levels found in the same products available in The Netherlands.
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Received: 2 June 1998 / Revised version: 5 October 1998
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Robberecht, H., Hendrix, P., Van Cauwenbergh, R. et al. Mineral and trace element content of various vegetarian foodstuffs available in Belgium. Z Lebensm Unters Forsch 208, 156–161 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002170050394
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002170050394