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. 2022 Jan 26;11(3):353. doi: 10.3390/foods11030353

Table 4.

Range (min–max concentrations) of biogenic amines in non-fermented beverages.

Product Biogenic Amines (mg/L) Reference
Met Eth Put Cad His Spd Spm Tyr Phe Tryp
Rice wine nd-58.9 nd-29.9 nd-24.9 nd nd 1.2–37.6 nd nd Zhong et al., 2012 [62]
Brewed coffee 0.5–1.6 1.5–9.1 nd nd nd nd-19.7 nd-5.0 nd-20.2 Özdestan, 2014 [63]
Ground coffee 3.9–15.2 13.6–75.1 nd nd nd 22.5–99.6 nd-22.8 3.0–37.9
Espresso coffee 0.6–2.3 0.2–1.8 0.2–1.6 0.5–1.2 nd-2.0 0.3–1.9 0.2–1.2 ni Restuccia et al., 2015 [57]
Rice wine 1.1–59.9 0–0.7 0.2–9.6 0–0.2 0.3–1.5 0.4–37.1 0.1–3.8 nd-0.5 Lee et al., 2015 [64]
Fruit nectars nd nd-2.5 1.1–3.3 2.0–17.2 nd 1.3–3.0 1.5–3.6 nd nd Preti et al., 2015 [21]
Rice wine nd-32.3 nd-63.5 nd-72.1 nd-41.4 Ordóñez et al., 2016 [47]
Vinegar nd-3.2 nd-0.1 nd-0.3 nd-0.2
Cyder nd-12.3 - nd-6.9 nd-5.0
Orange juice 0.1-2.2 - tr tr
Apricot juice nd nd 1.4-7.1 4.0-17.9 nd 2.0–2.5 1.2–2.5 nd nd ni Preti et al., 2016 [60]
Peach 50% juice nd nd 1.4–3.2 2.0–10.1 nd 1.3–2.0 1.2–2.7 nd nd ni
Peach 70% juice nd nd 2.3–3.6 4.1–6.1 nd 2.0–4.4 1.4–1.9 nd nd ni
Pear 50% juice nd nd 1.1–2.7 1.9–8.3 nd 1.2–1.8 1.2–3.5 nd nd ni
Pear 70% juice nd 1.1–1.2 1.4–4.4 3.8–6.2 nd 1.9–2.7 1.2–1.4 nd nd ni
Apple concentrate juice nd nd-0.4 0.6–1.7 0.6–4.3 nd 0.2–0.7 0.2–1.0 nd nd ni
Pineapple concentrate juice nd 0.2–1.7 1.5–2.0 nd-3.1 nd 2.6–5.4 1.5–3.2 nd nd ni
Grapefruit concentrate juice nd-1.2 6.2–13.0 7.2–20.8 0.4–2.3 nd 1.0–2.2 0.3–0.5 nd nd ni
Orange concentrate juice nd-2.7 24.0–38.6 34.7–61.0 nd nd 2.0–3.7 0.4–1.4 nd nd ni
Black tea infusion 8.4–10.2 nd-14.0 nd-20.0 6.5–10.8 nd-0.3 nd nd-2.0 nd Spizzirri et al., 2016 [58]
Green tea 10.3–14.6 nd nd 6.3–10.4 nd-11.5 nd nd nd
Tea drinks nd-6.9 nd nd 4.3–6.7 nd nd nd nd
Fruit liqueurs tr-0.2 tr-1.0 tr-2.5 tr-0.1 tr-0.2 tr tr Cunha et al., 2017 [43]
Herbs liqueurs tr-1.1 tr tr tr-0.1 tr-0.2 tr tr
Coffee liqueurs tr-1.1 tr-0.1 tr-0.4 tr 0.0–0.2 tr tr
Honey liqueurs 0.1 tr 0.1–0.7 tr-0.2 tr tr-0.1 tr
Fruit wine 0–0.1 0–0.3 0–9.9 0–0.9 0–1.5 tr 0–4.0 tr tr Płotka-Wasylka et al., 2018 [12]
Cherry wine 0.7–1.6 1.0–1.2 4.4–7.3 2.8–4.1 0.6–1.0 0.8–1.4 Sun et al., 2018 [65]
Raspberry wine nd-3.3 nd-1.1 0.6–2.4 nd-2.6 1.1–11.3 0.2–4.1 Li et al., 2020 [66]
Chinese rice wines nd-58.9 nd-98.7 nd-78.5 nd-27.1 nd-33.6 nd-100.8 nd Fong et al., 2021 [41]
Cider with low alcoholic content nd-45.9 nd-42.9 nd-9.3 0.7–7.6 1.1–9.9 nd-47.5 nd-7.7 nd-1.1 Lorencová et al., 2021 [39]
Cider with high alcoholic content nd-45.0 nd-19.9 nd-18.1 1.2–4.8 1.7–9.1 nd-47.3 nd-9.6 nd

Legend: nd = not detected; tr = traces; ni = not investigated; Met = Methylamine; Eth = Ethylamine; Put = Putrescine; Cad = Cadaverine; His = Histamine; Spd = Spermidine; Spm = Spermine; Tyr = Tyramine; Phe = β-Phenylethylamine; and Tryp = Tryptamine.