A comparative study of the content of heavy metals in oils: linseed oil, rapeseed oil and soybean oil in technological production processes

• DOI: 10.1515/aep-2016-0029
• Publication Date: 2016-09-14T15:54:01Z
• Authors: Piotr Szyczewski; Marcin Frankowski; Anetta Zioła-Fran...; Jerzy Siepak; Tomasz Szyczewski; Paweł Piotrowski
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; 13. Climate action; 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences; 0405 other agricultural sciences; 6. Clean water; 3. Good health

Abstract Vegetable oils belong to a large group of substances consumed on a daily basis. World vegetable oil production is soaring, reducing the popularity of animal fats. Heavy metals pose a threat to human health. It is estimated that about 80% of the daily dose of heavy metals enters the human body through the consumption of food. Hence, it is necessary to monitor their concentrations in food products. Besides, the presence of heavy metals is thought to have possible negative influence on the quality of oils, especially on their taste and smell. Heavy metals may also accelerate the process of the rancidifiction of oils. Rapeseeds, soybean seeds and linseeds were selected for the analysis because they are one of the most popular oilseeds and at the same time they differ in terms of growing conditions. The analyses of different fractions and the ready-made product were also performed. The aim of the study was to determine the variation in concentrations of heavy metals, iron and manganese in different fractions during production. The significant concentrations of iron, manganese and zinc were observed in oilseeds. It was also shown that during different stages of oil refining the concentrations of metals decrease. The concentrations of metals are compared with those reported in literature.