Table 3 Average daily consumption per individual in Egypt (kg or L/day/person) © Statista 2023 and average estimated dietary intake of H.Ms via food consumption in comparison to allowed values.
Category | Sample type | IR (kg/day or L/day) | Estimated daily intake EDI (µg/kg b.w. per day) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pb | Cd | Cr | As | Total Intake | |||
Beverages | Carbonated soft drinks | 0.083 | 2.23E-02 | 1.11E-02 | 9.14E-03 | 1.76E-03* | 4.43E-02 |
Energy drinks | 2.56E-02 | 1.01E-02 | 1.31E-02 | 1.97E-03* | 5.08E-02 | ||
Tea | 0.008 | 3.67E-03 | 1.67E-03 | 9.87E-04 | 6.00E-04 | 6.92E-03 | |
Instant coffee | 0.002 | 4.00E-04 | 2.33E-04 | 1.50E-04 | 7.00E-05 | 8.54E-04 | |
Processed Cereals | Wheat Flour | 0.340 | 3.30E-01 | 2.91E-02 | 3.30E-02 | 1.94E-02 | 4.12E-01 |
Bread | 0.099 | 6.20E-02 | 8.05E-03 | 3.79E-03 | 4.73E-03 | 7.86E-02 | |
Macaroni | 0.022 | 1.44E-02 | 1.76E-03 | 9.58E-04 | 6.39E-04 | 1.77E-02 | |
Instant Noodles | 0.036 | 4.92E-02 | 3.55E-03 | 4.16E-03 | 3.45E-03 | 6.04E-02 | |
Corn products | 0.113 | 3.92E-02 | 1.18E-02 | 6.44E-03 | 1.18E-02 | 6.92E-02 | |
Milk/Dairy products | Milk | 0.063 | 1.86E-02 | 5.61E-03 | 4.72E-03 | 1.57E-03 | 3.05E-02 |
Dairy milk (cheese & yogurt) | 0.004 | 1.98E-03 | 8.43E-04 | 6.67E-04 | 4.63E-04 | 3.95E-03 | |
0.012 | |||||||
Fish/Meat products | Canned Fishes | 0.008 | 2.35E-02 | 1.08E-03 | 8.54E-04 | 9.11E-04 | 2.63E-02 |
Canned Beef | 0.015 | 4.04E-02 | 1.77E-03 | 1.35E-03 | 1.46E-03 | 4.50E-02 | |
Luncheon | 5.51E-02 | 2.49E-02 | 1.97E-02 | 2.19E-03 | 1.02E-01 | ||
Table salt | processed & natural | 0.0007 | 1.77E-03 | 8.40E-05 | 1.02E-04 | 7.89E-05 | 2.04E-03 |
Total sample | 6.88E-01 | 1.12E-01 | 9.91E-02 | 5.11E-02 | 9.50E-01 | ||
Ratio of EDI to HBGVs (%) | 0.06–52.4% | 0.02–8.1% | 0.03–11% | - | |||
**Health-based guidance values | 0.63 | 0.36 | 0.3 | NA | |||
