Table 16. The %PTWI of heavy metals in roasted coffee bean by the country of origin
Country of origin | Pb | Cd |
Total weekly intake (mg/kg b.w./week) | %PTWI | Total weekly intake (mg/kg b.w./week) | %PTWI |
America | 3.69 × 10–6 | 0.01 | 3.02 × 10–6 | 0.05 |
Brazil | 9.72 × 10–6 | 0.04 | 2.68 × 10–6 | 0.04 |
Colombia | 2.41 × 10–5 | 0.10 | 4.02 × 10–6 | 0.06 |
Costa Rica | 1.51 × 10–5 | 0.06 | 4.36 × 10–6 | 0.07 |
Ethiopia | 3.69 × 10–5 | 0.15 | 1.34 × 10–6 | 0.02 |
Guatemala | 2.41 × 10–5 | 0.10 | 5.03 × 10–6 | 0.08 |
Italia | 1.34 × 10–5 | 0.05 | 1.68 × 10–6 | 0.03 |
Japan | 2.72 × 10–5 | 0.11 | 2.01 × 10–6 | 0.03 |
Kenya | 2.55 × 10–5 | 0.10 | 1.34 × 10–6 | 0.02 |
Panama | - | 0.00 | 1.01 × 10–6 | 0.02 |
El Salvador | 1.88 × 10–5 | 0.08 | 3.02 × 10–6 | 0.05 |
More than two countries | 2.88 × 10–5 | 0.12 | 2.35 × 10–6 | 0.04 |
Others | 8.38 × 10–6 | 0.03 | 2.68 × 10–6 | 0.04 |
Total | 2.31 × 10–5 | 0.09 | 2.68 × 10–6 | 0.04 |
PTWI, provisional tolerable weekly.