Table 8.

Aldehyde and respirable particulate personal sample concentrations by food category (μg/m³).

Food Category	n	n>LOD	GM	GSD	Diffa
Ace
Baked goods	22	21	175.62	8.16	A,B
Cereal	9	9	21.74	1.68	C
Chocolate	17	17	43.70	1.63	C
Dairy	5	5	9.74	1.50	C
Flavor manufacture	6	6	36.44	4.73	B,C
Snack food	9	9	31.12	1.31	C
Wine	5	5	929.42	2.23	A
Ben
Baked goods	22	21	19.01	9.98	A
Cereal	9	6	2.15	2.26	B
Chocolate	17	15	2.63	1.96	B
Dairy	5	2	0.99	1.17	B
Flavor manufacture	6	6	116.85	1.36	A
Snack food	9	7	0.60	1.51	B
Wine	5	3	0.58	1.78	B
Iso
Baked goods	22	20	25.40	10.83	A
Cereal	9	4	2.11	2.61	B
Chocolate	17	15	25.10	10.79	A,B
Dairy	5	3	1.60	1.20	A,B
Flavor manufacture	6	6	5.56	2.0	A,B
Snack food	9	1	NA
Wine	5	5	10.74	2.69	A,B
Pro
Baked goods	22	20	14.98	10.40	A
Cereal	9	2	1.34	2.04	B
Chocolate	17	16	2.45	1.91	B
Dairy	5	3	1.05	1.37	B
Flavor manufacture	6	6	1.22	1.28	B
Snack food	9	9	3.81	1.14	A,B
Wine	5	3	2.34	1.71	A,B
Fur
Baked goods	22	21	15.14	9.77	A
Cereal	9	7	30.48	10.67	A,B
Chocolate	17	8	1.94	3.68	C
Dairy	5	0	NA
Flavor manufacture	6	3	0.92	1.34	C
Snack food	9	7	3.49	5.78	A,B,C
Wine	5	1	NA
RP
Baked goods	8	6	148.96	3.55	A
Cereal	9	5	133.27	4.62	A
Chocolate	3	0	NA
Dairy	0	0
Flavor manufacture	0	0
Snack food	9	4	44.93	1.78	A
Wine	0	0

Abbreviations: Ace, acetaldehyde; Ben, benzaldehyde; Fur, 2-furaldehyde; Iso, isovaleraldehyde; Pro, propionaldehyde; RP, respirable particulate.

^aLevels with the same letter are not significantly different in a Tukey multiple comparison procedure with a level of significance of 0.05.