(1) Department of Nutrition and Bromatology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alcalá, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Abstract:
The total chromium content of a wide variety of breakfast cereals ( n =241) classified by cereal grain or blend of their (15 groups) was determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy (GFAAS) following acid mineralization with HNO3-H2SO4-HClO4. The reliability of the analytical method was validated. Differences in chromium content were found between breakfast cereals with different ingredients. The chromium content ranged from 0.12±0.01 g/g of bran cereals to 0.35 g/g of wheat-oat-rice-corn and corn-rice cereals.