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. 2008 Jul;9(7):546–551. doi: 10.1631/jzus.B0820052

Table 3.

Comparison of the metal levels in various milk samples including human

Milk samples	Metal levels (mg/L)
Milk samples	Na	K	Ca	Mg
Buffalo^a	16	145	702	193
Cow^a	20	152	680	205
Goat^a	27	113	644	139
Dairy Queen®^a	55	128	823	160
Every Day®^a	80	115	755	138
Haleeb®^a	67	129	599	109
Nestle®^a	55	128	789	187
Cow^b	421	129	665	190
Canne unexpired^b	334	215	842	144
Canne expired^b	337	221	864	139
Cow^c	4420	17200	12900	1100
Human^c	822	3841	2290	257
Nigeria MBPF^d	169	−	385	26.2
UK MBPF^d	184	−	344	42.2
UK MBLFFF^d	332	−	662	60.0
USA MBPF^d	192	−	398	36.4
USA SBPF^d	232	−	515	39.2

MBPF: Milk-based powder formulas; MBLFFF: Milk-based liquid first and follow-on formulas; SBPF: Soy-based power formulas;

^a

Present study;

^b

Jaffar et al.(2004);

^c

WHO (1989);

^d

Ikema et al.(2002)