Table 3.

The subtype of contaminants analyzed in each of the reviewed articles per continent^a).

	Continent
	Africa	Asia	Europe	South America	Total
Metals
Essential Macro	5 (26.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (33.3)	0 (0.0)	6
Essential Micro	15 (78.9)	20 (71.4)	2 (66.7)	0 (0.0)	37
Non-Essential	17 (89.5)	28 (100.0)	3 (100.0)	1 (100.0)	49
Microbial
Bacteria	13 (92.9)	4 (44.4)	1 (100.0)	1 (100.0)	19
Fungi	6 (42.9)	7 (77.8)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	13
Not Indicated	3 (21.4)	2 (22.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	5
Mycotoxins
Aflatoxin	5 (83.3)	10 (100.0)	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	16
Fumonisins	3 (50.0)	1 (10.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	4
Ochratoxin	2 (33.3)	3 (30.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	5
Patulin	0 (0.0)	2 (20.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2
Trichothecenes	2 (33.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2
Zearalenone	2 (33.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2
Pesticide
Organochlorine	1 (100.0)	4 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	5
Organophosphate	1 (100.0)	1 (25.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2
Pyrethroid	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1
Residual Solvent
Class 1	1 (100.0)	1 (33.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2
Class 2	1 (100.0)	3 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	4
Class 3	1 (100.0)	3 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	4
Not Classified	0 (0.0)	2 (66.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2

^a)The denominator for each cell is the number of articles that measured that type of contaminant, as stated in Table 2.