. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 21.

Published in final edited form as: J Agric Food Chem. 2015 Oct 9;63(41):9131–9138. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b02622

Table 2. Aflatoxin B₁ in Commercially Available Smokeless Tobacco Products.

Category	ID	Moisture content (%)	Aflatoxin B₁ (AFB₁) analysis
Category	ID	Moisture content (%)	Replicates (n)	AFB₁ concentration ± SD (ppb)^a	CV (%)
Chew^b	Chew 1a	21.3	7	0.029 ± 0.002	6
	Chew 1b	23.6	7	0.013 ± 0.002	16
	Chew 2a	20.7	7	0.015 ± 0.003	17
	Chew 2b	23.2	9	0.016 ± 0.002	10
	Chew 3	22.0	9	<LOD	N/A
	Chew 4	22.1	9	<LOD	N/A
	Chew 5	21.3	8	<LOD	N/A
Dry snuff	Dry snuff 1	2.0	9	0.032 ± 0.009	27
	Dry snuff 2	5.1	8	0.050 ±0.006	11
	Dry snuff 3	4.4	8	0.026 ±0.007	27
	Dry snuff 4	4.0	9	0.271 ±0.051	19
	Dry snuff 5	3.7	9	0.013 ±0.005	38
	Dry snuff 6	4.6	9	0.153 ±0.024	16
Moist snuff (loose)	All products tested (n= 12)	51–56	7–8	<LOD	N/A
Moist snuff (pouched)	All products tested (n=4)	46–54	7–8	<LOD	N/A
Snus	All products tested (n=4)	26–32	8	<LOD	N/A

Concentration is based on dry mass of product.

Chew 1a and Chew 1b were different lots from the same brand. Chew 2a and Chew 2b were different lots from the same brand.

Table 2. Aflatoxin B1 in Commercially Available Smokeless Tobacco Products.