Volatile N-nitrosamines in Spanish commercial meat products and in fermented sausages prepared with different ingoing amounts of nitrate and nitrite

Autor: Xavier F. Hospital, Manuela Fernández, Paloma Morales, Claudio Alba, Ana I. Haza, Eva Hierro
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Heliyon, Vol 10, Iss 17, Pp e37487- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2405-8440
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37487
Popis: Spanish commercial dry fermented sausages and dry hams, manufactured with and without nitrate and/or nitrite have been screened for volatile N-nitrosamine (VNA) content. VNAs have been also quantified in experimental fermented sausages prepared with known ingoing amounts of curing salts. Solid phase microextraction followed by tandem quadrupole gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-QQQ-MS) analysis allowed the identification and quantification of 8 VNAs, 5 of which were detected in the samples. The highest concentration of VNAs found in the commercial products was 5.4 μg/kg. The most frequently detected VNAs were N-nitrosodiphenylamine and N-nitrosopyrrolidine. Principal component analysis and cluster analysis did not show correlation between the content of VNAs and the use of nitrate/nitrite in the formula. In the experimental sausages N-nitrosodiphenylamine and N-nitrosopyrrolidine were only detected (0.55 μg/kg total concentration) when 150 mg/kg of both nitrate and nitrite were added to the formula without any antioxidant. The levels of VNAs detected in this study are similar to those reported in the literature in different fermented meat products and dry hams.
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