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. 2023 Jan 12;21(1):e07706. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7706

Table 1.

Batch to batch analysis of the NF

Parameter (per 100 g) Batch number Method of analysis
#1 #2 #3 #4
Energy (kJ) 2,294 2,276 2,162 2,323
Energy (kcal) 557 553 525 564
Total fat (g) 49.4 48.9 44.2 47.7 ISO 11085:2015/Gravimetry
Saturated fat 4.2 4.2 3.4 3.0 AOCS 1f‐96 (2009)/GC‐FID
Monounsaturated 27.9 27.6 25.9 30.3 AOCS 1f‐96 (2009)/GC‐FID
Polyunsaturated 15.0 14.8 12.7 12.2 AOCS 1f‐96 (2009)/GC‐FID
Total carbohydrate* (g) 23.9 25.4 26.9 22.7 Calculation
Sugars (g) 3.8 3.5 3.9 3.2 AOAC 982.14, mod/HPAEC‐PAD
Dietary fibre (g) 24.1 25.9 25.8 27.6 AOAC 985.292003/Enzymatic‐gravimetry
Protein (N*6.25) (g) 17.1 15.0 18.3 19.3 NMKL 6:2003 mod./Kjeldahl (titrimetry)
Ash (g) 3.9 3.6 3.0 3.8 NMKL 173:2005/Gravimetry
Water (g) 5.7 7.1 7.6 6.5 NMKL 23:1991 mod./Gravimetry
Peroxide value (meq/kg fat) 1.7 < 0.4 < 0.4 < 0.4 ISO27107:2009/Titrimetry
Arsenic (mg/kg) < 0.1 < 0.1 < 0.1 < 0.1 EN ISO 17294m:2016/ICP‐MS
Cadmium (mg/kg) 0.052 0.054 0.020 0.086
Mercury (mg/kg) < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005
Lead (mg/kg) < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05
Coliforms (cfu/g) < 10 < 10 < 10 < 10 AOAC 991.14/E‐Cultural technique (media film)
E. coli (cfu/g) < 10 < 10 < 10 < 10 AOAC 991.14/E‐Cultural technique (media film)
Salmonella (in 25 g) ND ND ND ND NMKL 71/D‐Cultural technique (non‐chromogenic media)
Aerobic plate count (cfu/g) 99,000 < 1,000 18,000 < 1,000 NMKL 86/D‐Cultural technique (non‐chromogenic media)
Moulds (cfu/g) < 100 < 100 1700 100 NMKL98/E‐Cultural technique (non‐Chromogenic media)
Yeast (cfu/g) < 100 < 100 < 100 100 NMKL98/E‐Cultural technique (non‐Chromogenic media)

AOAC: Association of Official Analytical Collaboration; AOCS: American Oil Chemist Society; cfu: colony forming units; GC‐FID: Gas Chromatography with Frame Ionisation Detection; HPAEC‐PAD: High‐performance anion exchange chromatography–pulsed amperometric detection; ICP‐MS: inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry; ISO: International Organisation for Standardisation; ND: not detected; NMKL: Nordic Committee on Food Analysis.

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By difference: 100%–[protein % + moisture % + fat % + ash %].