Comprehensive Analysis of Preservative Levels and Adulteration in Egyptian Market Cake Samples

Sobhy Mohammed Mohsen, Hussein Mansour, Alaa Yasser Kamal, SAYED SAAD SMUDA

Abstract

In this study 90 cake samples were collected from the super markets present in some Egyptian governorates to assess their quality and safety (compliance to national &International Regulations). The results showed that all samples were free of benzoic acid except nine samples contained sorbic and benzoic acid at more than 2000mg/kg which were (3360+105), (3090+102),(4800+105),(2838+151),(2505+108),...

Keywords

Preservative

Food science

Business

Pulp and paper industry

Chemistry

Engineering

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Zero hunger

Gender equality

2024

Article

Institution

Food Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University,

Faculty of Agriculture, Ain shams University, Egypt.

2-Y Citation Average

0.712

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21608/ejchem.2024.307678.10146

Language

en

Country

Egypt

Comprehensive Analysis of Preservative Levels and Adulteration in Egyptian Market Cake Samples

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

Sobhy Mohammed Mohsen, Hussein Mansour, Alaa Yasser Kamal, SAYED SAAD SMUDA

Abstract

In this study 90 cake samples were collected from the super markets present in some Egyptian governorates to assess their quality and safety (compliance to national &International Regulations). The results showed that all samples were free of benzoic acid except nine samples contained sorbic and benzoic acid at more than 2000mg/kg which were (3360+105), (3090+102),(4800+105),(2838+151),(2505+108),...