Table 8. Beer samples with confirmed FB contaminations (μg/L).
Combined Style | Sample Number | Craft | Country | %ABV | Screening 6-plex immunoassay (n = 3) | Confirmatory analysis LC-MS/MS (n = 1) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
average | range | SD | FB1 | FB3 | |||||
African Traditional | 272 | yes | South Africa | ? | 27 | 24–31 | 4 | 3 | <LOD |
African Traditional | 278 | yes | Zimbabwe | 6 | 376 | 357–393 | 18 | 281 | <LOQ |
African Traditional | 407 | yes | South Africa | 4 | 30 | 28–31 | 1 | 11 | <LOD |
African Traditional | 416 | yes | South Africa | ? | 5 | 3–7 | 2 | 4 | <LOD |
African Traditional | 417 | yes | South Africa | ? | 11 | 10–12 | 1 | 4 | <LOD |
African Traditional | 420 | yes | South Africa | ? | 10 | 8–11 | 1 | 5 | <LOD |
African Traditional | 421 | yes | South Africa | ? | 24 | 20–27 | 4 | 7 | <LOD |
African Traditional | 423 | yes | South Africa | ? | 84 | 82–88 | 3 | 361 | <LOD |
African Traditional | 427 | yes | South Africa | ? | 15 | 13–16 | 2 | 3 | <LOD |
African Traditional | 428 | yes | South Africa | ? | 15 | 14–16 | 1 | 2 | <LOD |
African Traditional | 429 | yes | South Africa | ? | 25 | 25–26 | 1 | 301 | <LOD |
African Traditional | 430 | yes | South Africa | ? | 16 | 16–17 | 1 | 3 | <LOD |
African Traditional | 451 | yes | South Africa | ? | 28 | 27–29 | 1 | 271 | <LOD |
African Traditional | 452 | yes | South Africa | ? | 33 | 31–35 | 2 | 13 | <LOD |
Non/Low Alcohol | 398 | no | Spain | 0 | 34 | 32–35 | 1 | 281 | <LOD |
Pale Ale | 217 | no | Poland | 5.7 | 7 | 3–9 | 3 | 12 | <LOD |
Pale Lager | 48 | no | Germany | 5 | 20 | 19–21 | 1 | 20 | <LOD |
Pale Lager | 280 | no | Zimbabwe | 5 | 11 | 10–13 | 2 | 11 | <LOQ |
Pale Lager | 386 | no | Spain | 4.8 | 7 | 6–8 | 1 | 251 | <LOQ |
Pale Lager | 388 | no | Spain | 5.4 | 22 | 20–24 | 2 | 16 | <LOQ |
Pale Lager | 399 | no | Spain | 5.5 | 36 | 32–39 | 4 | 9 | <LOD |
Pale Lager | 488 | no | Italy | 4.7 | 71 | 64–76 | 6 | 511 | <LOD |
Pale Lager | 493 | no | Italy | 4.7 | 59 | 58–63 | 3 | 15 | <LOD |
Pale Lager | 498 | no | Italy | 4.5 | 56 | 54–59 | 2 | 11 | <LOD |
n = number of replicates, %ABV = percentage alcohol by volume, nd = not detected,
1 Value is above the upper quantification limit,
? = %ABV unknown, LOD = limit of detection, LOQ = limit of quantification, FB1 (fumonisin B1), FB3 (fumonisin B3)