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Table 6. Measured Al concentrations in milk samples from various brands and production lots.

Sample ID

Sample type

Measured Al concentration in milk (mg/kg) *

Lot-1

Lot-2

Lot-3

Sample average

Mean

RSD%

Mean

RSD%

Mean

RSD%

Mean

RSD%

A

Pasteurized

0d

0

0f

0

0 e

0

0c

0

B

Pasteurized

0d

0

0f

0

0 e

0

0c

0

C

UHT

1.17a

9.3

1.74a

2.8

1.12 a

9.0

1.3a

7.1

D

Pasteurized

0.51b

7.3

0.95b

6.5

0.52 b

8.9

0.7a

7.6

E

Pasteurized

0d

0

0f

0

0 e

0

0c

0

F

Pasteurized

0d

0

0f

0

0 e

0

0c

0

G

UHT

0d

0

0f

0

0 e

0

0c

0

H

UHT

0d

0

0.07e

7.6

0 e

0

0.02c

2.5

I

Pasteurized

0.07c

5.5

0.32d

4.6

0.07 d

5.6

0.2bc

5.2

J

Pasteurized

0.09c

2.2

0.46c

9.2

0.15 c

5.5

0.2b

5.6

Lot average

0.18 NS

2.4

0.35 NS

3.1

0.19 NS

2.9

 

 

*Results are the average of three replicates.  RSD: Relative Standard Deviation; "Lot" refers to different production batch numbers of milk samples from the same brand. NS: indicates no significant differences among the samples from different production lots. Column with different superscript (a, b, c, d, e or f) differ significantly (p<0.05)