Table 3.
Analyzed content of polyamines (mg/kg or mg/l) in Swedish milk and milk products
| Putrescine | Spermidine | Spermine | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dairy product | n | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
| Milk 0.5% fat | 5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.90 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.76 | 1.45 | bdl | – | – | – |
| Milk 1.5% fat | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.41 | 0.86 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.48 | 2.44 | 0.44 | 0.22 | 0.28 | 0.61 |
| Milk 3% fat | 5 | 0.36 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 0.6 | 0.84 | 0.21 | 0.48 | 1.6 | – | – | – | 0.93a |
| Milk 4.5% fat | 5 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.2 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.35 | 0.56 | 0.51 | 0.2 | 0.93 |
| Yogurt | 5 | 0.1 | 0.08 | 0.1 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.17 | – | – | 0.0 | 0.4 a |
| Sour milk (Filmjölk) | 5 | 0.62 | 0.23 | 0.5 | 0.88 | 0.96 | 0.61 | 0.8 | 1.62 | 0.32 | 0.11 | 0.24 | 0.4 |
| Swedish hard cheese 28% fat (Prästost) | 5 | 1.63 | 0.05 | 1.58 | 1.62 | 1.76 | 0.1 | 1.65 | 1.85 | – | – | 0.0 | 6.47 a |
| Swedish hard cheese 31% fat (Prästost) | 5 | 1.67 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.03 | 1.41 | 1.51 | 3.2 | 0.26 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| Danish hard mature cheese (Gamle Ole) | 5 | 52.3 | 5.0 | 66.1 | 73.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.27 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.40 | 2.2 | 2.87 |
| Swedish hard cheese 28% fat (Herrgårdsost) | 5 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 0.25 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 15.88 |
| Swedish hard cheese 17% fat (Herrgårdsost) | 5 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 2.85 | 3.88 | 12.5 | 2.3 | 11.3 | 15.62 |
a
Only detected in one sample.
Abbreviation: bdl, below detection limit.