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. 2017 Oct 5;12(10):e0185887. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185887

Table 10. Personal risk based on the tolerable daily intake (TDI) and the DON+D3G contamination in selected beers.

Body Weight (kg) DON+D3G concentration (LC-MS/MS)
Dark lager (132)# Czech Republic 60 μg/L Pale ale (97)# Netherlands 122 μg/L Imperial stout (631)# Norway 225 μg/L Imperial stout (183)# USA 1031 μg/L
0.33 L 0.5 L 1.0 L 0.33 L 0.5 L 1.0 L 0.33 L 0.5 L 1.0 L 0.33 L 0.5 L 1.0 L
50 - - + - + + + + + + + +
70* - - - - - + + + + + + +
100 - - - - - + - + + + + +

- below or equals TDI,

+ above TDI,

# Beers from the survey with DON+D3G contaminations as determined by LC-MS/MS

* default average BW (body weight) set by EFSA for the European adult population,

DON (deoxynivalenol), D3G (deoxynivalenol-3-β-D-glucopyranoside)